{"id":121149,"date":"2021-05-03T14:37:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T06:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121149"},"modified":"2021-05-03T14:37:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T06:37:03","slug":"covid-19-turkeys-death-toll-340-as-lockdown-sets-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121149","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Turkey&#8217;s death toll 340 as lockdown sets in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/dims4\/USNEWS\/b799e4b\/2147483647\/thumbnail\/640x420\/quality\/85\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.beam.usnews.com%2F6c%2F7027eb21af903a1b96c3bb45d266e6%2Ftag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_LYNXMPEH410AM%3A12021-05-02T173157Z_1_LYNXMPEH410AM_RTROPTP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TURKEY.JPG\" alt=\"Reuters\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Workers dig new graves for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims at Kilyos cemetery in Istanbul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISTANBUL, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Turkey logged 340 coronavirus-related deaths and 25,980 new cases in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed, the third day of a nationwide lockdown, including curfews, closed schools and many shuttered businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey ranks fourth globally in daily cases based on a seven-day average, down from second briefly last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After easing measures in early March, President Tayyip Erdogan&#8217;s government reversed course as infections surged to record highs. Turkey had a record 394 virus-related deaths on Friday, though new cases have dropped since Apr&nbsp;21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erdogan and other government officials faced criticism in February and March for holding a party congress with thousands crowded indoors and also for attending a funeral, after which Health Minister Fahrettin Koca apologised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to state broadcaster TRT, Erdogan attended another funeral on Sunday for a mayor&#8217;s father who died after a coronavirus infection. Video footage showed him surrounded by dozens of people with masks outside an Istanbul mosque, prompting criticism on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under rules of the 17-day lockdown, funerals are to be held with fewer than 10 people who keep social distance. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers dig new graves for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims at Kilyos cemetery in Istanbul ISTANBUL, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Turkey logged 340 coronavirus-related deaths and 25,980 new cases in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed, the third day of a nationwide lockdown, including curfews, closed schools and many shuttered businesses. Turkey ranks fourth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121149"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}