Turkiye sees 5-fold increase in coronavirus incidence

Over the past two weeks, the number of people infected with the coronavirus in Turkiye has increased by about five times, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, Report informs.

“Only from June 27 to July 3, the number of people infected with the coronavirus in Turkiye increased by 114 percent compared to a week ago. In the last two weeks, the increase is almost five times,” the minister said.

According to the minister, most of the latest infections are omicron cases.

In this regard, Koca called on citizens over 50 to get a new shot of vaccine against coronavirus.