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Türkiye’s Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

centers was rapidly increased (the target number was 89 at that time), and
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on 16 April 2020, the daily test capacity increased to around 34.000 . Thus,
ensuring more people to be tested facilitated early diagnosis of the disease,
resulting in getting the spread of the pandemic under control.

Considering the psychological and sociological aspect of the pandemic,
a Board of Social Sciences was also established. Furthermore, the isolated
patients at home have been monitored through an application system
developed. As for funeral and burial services, the necessary measures have been
taken and the workers in this field have been trained in order to continue these
services in line with standard procedures.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in the country, the filiation method
has been widely used in fighting against the pandemic. Filiation is a process
of screening/tracking the chain of contact in the infectious diseases, reaching
people possibly infected by the disease. Through such comprehensive tracking
strategy, 97,5 % of the contacts have been successfully detected.

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The highest rate of case within a week has been seen in the 11 week in
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the US, in the 9 week in Spain, in the 8 week in Italy, in the 10 week in
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Germany and France, and in the 7 week in China. As for Türkiye, the highest
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rate of case within a week has been seen in the 4 week. So, in the 4 week
in Türkiye, the rate of increase of positive cases has decreased thanks to the
filiation method.
In cooperation with the private sector, Türkiye has guided certain sectors
which provide services which may be characterized as not vital to produce
critical medical supplies such as masks, overalls, glasses, and face shields etc.
Türkiye’s stock planning strategy has not only met its domestic needs but also
made it possible to send fundamental medical supplies to other countries in
need.
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As of 06 May 2020, Türkiye has entered 2 phase in fight against the
coronavirus and the new phase called “controlled social life” has started. The

16 As of 20/05/2020, number of daily tests was 20.838 while the total number of tests was
1.696.355.
https:// covid19.saglik.gov.tr/ Access Date: 20/05/2020

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