ANKARA, Feb 6 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday that, he tested positive for the COVID-19.
Erdogan tweeted that he was infected by the Omicron variant of the virus.
The president said that, he and his wife were having mild symptoms of the COVID-19, adding that, he will continue his work at home.
The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Turkey has nearly doubled, since early Jan, as the Omicron variant cases rapidly increased across the country.
Turkey’s COVID-19 cases have been hovering around the threshold of 100,000 for the last four days, according to the Turkish health ministry.
Gene-sequence sampling has found that almost all of Turkey’s recent COVID-19 cases were caused by the Omicron variant, Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, said.
Turkey on Friday reported 111,157 new COVID-19 cases, its highest daily figure of the pandemic, raising its tally of infections to 12,051,852.
The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 156 to 83,231, while 25,502 more people have recovered, in the last 24 hours.– NNN-ANADOLU
