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Here is your 15 minutes wrap-up for the highlights from Turkey and all around the World. 1. CORONA CASES IN TURKEY AND IN THE WORLD Turkey •
Death Toll in Turkey Rises By 96 to 908 People o Health Ministry of Turkey has declared 96 more people in Turkey lost their lives due to the coronavirus, raising the total death toll to 908 people while the number of cases increased by 4.056 to 42.282. (Turkish)
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Interior Minister Soylu: 138k Citizens in Quarantine o Suleyman Soylu, Interior Minister, was the guest of a television programme on Star TV. “Right now, 122.500 citizens are in quarantine in 180 different settlements and the number raises to 138 thousand when citizens at dormitories are included,” he said. (Turkish)
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Health Ministry’s Warnings for Indoor Offices And Workplaces Against Covid-19 o The leaflet provided by the Health Ministry to the indoor offices and workplaces to inform people about the precautions against the coronavirus suggests that there should be distance of at least one meter between the employees and employees should wear a mask. (Turkish)
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Interior Ministry Shares an Additional Circular Letter For Ban On People Aged 20 And Below o Interior Ministry has sent an additional circular letter to 81 provincial governorates which include exemptions concerning children and teens with “special requirements.” The circular letter envisages that children and teens, aged below 20 and have special needs, will be allowed to leave their homes under proper conditions. (Turkish)
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Free of Charge Masks to Be Delivered By Pharmacies In Istanbul o Istanbul Chamber of Pharmacists said that a deal was reached between the Health Ministry and Turkish Pharmacists’ Association on distributing masks from pharmacies. According to the chamber’s statement, pharmacies in Istanbul will distribute masks free of charge to people aged between 20 and 65. (Turkish)
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Imamoglu: A Lockdown for at Least 2 Weeks Is a Must for Istanbul o Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, has repeated his suggestion that a lockdown should be declared for Istanbul to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. (Turkish)
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FED Unleashed Another $2.3 Trillion; WHO Replies Back o The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday defended the organization's response to the coronavirus pandemic, at one point directly responding to criticisms leveled by President Donald Trump. The organization's initial response to the outbreak has been increasingly scrutinized as global cases soar over 1 million. "Please don't politicize this virus. It exploits the differences you have at the national level. If you want to be exploited and if you want to
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have many more body bags, then you do it," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland. (English) The central bank announced a new $2.3 trillion round of loans that include even more support for small businesses and consumers — and, for the first time, for states, cities and municipalities, too. (English) More than 6.6 million people filed jobless claims in the week ending 4 April, the Department of Labor said. To shore up the economy, the Federal Reserve said it would unleash an additional $2.3tn in lending. The deepening economic crisis comes as the number of virus cases in the US soars to more than 430,000. Over the last three weeks, more than 16 million people have made unemployment claims, as restrictions on activity to help contain the virus force most businesses to close and put about 95% of Americans on some form of lockdown. (English)
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Economic Activity Is Declining in France o The coronavirus is causing a drop in a third of France’s economic activity, confirms INSEE. The country entered into recession. Industrial activity is down 44% and some service activities are stalled. (French)
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Canada Lost a Record One Million Jobs in March o The data, released by the federal statistics agency on Thursday, also pushes the unemployment rate to 7.8%. March saw the largest loss of jobs in a single month since the records began in 1976. There have been 19,290 confirmed cases in Canada and 436 deaths, according to figures from John Hopkins University. (English)
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Johnson’s Health Improving, Lockdown Continues, UK Death Toll Rises o Boris Johnson’s health continues to improve in hospital, Downing Street has said after the PM spent his third night in intensive care. A No 10 spokesman described the prime minister as being in “good spirits” as he continues to receive care in St Thomas’ Hospital, London. Mr Johnson is being given oxygen, having contracted coronavirus. (English) o People should follow the government's coronavirus rules and stay home over the Easter weekend, as warmer weather is forecast across parts of the UK. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the UK was "just beginning to see this strategy starting to work" and people needed to "stick with it". (English) o The UK death toll for coronavirus has risen to 7,978, according to the first secretary of state - an increase of 881 from the day before. Dominic Raab said on Thursday more than 65,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 to date. Meanwhile, around 16,700 people have been admitted to hospital with coronavirus symptoms. (English) o The government's £750m package to support charities through the coronavirus pandemic will not be enough to prevent some being forced to close, organisations have warned. While many charities welcomed the funding, some said more was needed. Charities have seen their income shrink because of enforced shop closures and cancelled fundraising events. (English)
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Dates Announced for Reopening of Schools in Shanghai o Graduating students at local middle and high schools will be able to return to school on April 27, Lu Jing, director of the Shanghai Education Commission said on Thursday. (English)
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China to Strengthen Epidemic Control in Border Regions; Zhongshan Hospital Shares Coronavirus Guide with World o A leading group of China's COVID-19 response on Thursday stressed measures to strengthen the test and treatment capacity of the disease in border regions. The leading group decided to shift more resources from inland areas to secure the medical supply reserves in border regions and port cities and boost their testing capacity. (English) o A guide on the prevention and treatment of coronavirus disease released by Zhongshan Hospital has been translated into several foreign languages including English, Spanish and French and posted online for free download, the hospital said. (English)
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Impossible dilemma? World watches Italy as businesses plead to return to work o Many Italian companies and academics are pressing the government to reopen factories to prevent an economic catastrophe, as the world watches how the first Western country to impose a lockdown can extricate itself from the unprecedented measures. The same debate is being held around the globe: how long and stringently can bans to combat the coronavirus pandemic be held in place before irreversible damage is wrought, with businesses sunk and swathes of the population jobless? (English)
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Travelling to Greek Islands Only with Tax Declaration or Residence Permission o The number of confirmed cases comes to 1955 and death toll rises to 86. (Greek) o The Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs proceeds in redefining the university entrance exams this year. Curriculum not delivered until the closure of schools-11 March- will be excluded from the exams. (Greek) o The movement to the islands to its permanent residents will be allowed by the demonstration of tax declaration or residence permission from the relevant Municipality. (Greek) o Another additional precautionary measure in the dispersal of corona has put into force in Greek Parliament. A special plexiglass for the protection of the Deputies is placed on the rostrum. (Greek)
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Russia's Coronavirus Numbers Surpass 10,000 and Oil Prices Climbed Due to OPEC Deal o Almost 1.500 new cases of coronavirus detected in Russia, bringing the country’s official number of cases up to 10,131 and marking a new record one-day increase in infections. (Russian) o Oil prices climbed on Thursday, hours before the world's largest oil producers meeting on the prospects for reducing oil production. (Russian) o Moscow is planning to track foreign tourists' movements through smartphone geolocation for coronavirus prevention after Russia reopens its national borders. (Russian) o The State Duma discussed the issue of dividends of subsidized enterprises and in particular the Rostelmash company that receives support from the state every
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year. In 2019, Rostselmash received almost 6 billion rubles of subsidies. (Russian) Ukraine introduces a special duty of 65% on coal imports from Russia, from April 15. (Russian)
2. MARKETS •
ECB Takes Action to Keep Banks Lending During Virus Crisis o The European Central Bank took more emergency action Tuesday to keep credit flowing to companies in the 19 countries that use the euro by easing its rules for lending to banks that serve those businesses. (English)
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Oil Jumps 12% o Oil prices jumped as much as 12% on Thursday on reports that Saudi Arabia and Russia had reached a deal on a deep output cut, according to Reuters which cited two sources, and that the cuts could reportedly be as high as 20 million barrels per day. OPEC+, would reportedly cut output by 12 million barrels per day, according to Reuters, with an additional 5 million barrels per day cut by producers outside of the group. (English)
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Increase in European Stocks o European markets closed sharply higher today with shares in London leading the region. The FTSE 100 is up 2.90% while Germany's DAX is up 2.24% and France's CAC 40 is up 1.44%. (English)
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Foreign Investment Rises in First Quarter o By the end of March, Shanghai had accumulated US$264.2 billion in foreign investment. In the first quarter, the paid-in value of foreign investment topped US$4.67 billion, an increase of 4.5 percent year on year. By the end of March, Shanghai had accumulated US$264.2 billion in foreign investment. In the first quarter, the paid-in value of foreign investment topped US$4.67 billion, an increase of 4.5 percent year on year. (English)
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The Threat Of The Collapse Of World Trade In The Face Of The Coronavirus o WTO economists predict that global merchandise trade will fall between 13% and 32% in 2020. (French)
3. BUSINESS WORLD •
McDonald's Sales Have Plunged Because Of Coronavirus o McDonald's was enjoying a great start to 2020 but that all changed once the covid-19 pandemic hit Europe and the United States. The fast food giant reported Wednesday that sales at restaurants open at least a year plunged more than 22% in March, led by a nearly 35% decline in its internationally operated markets. (English)
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Disney+ Is Almost Near Its Subscribers Goal Four Years Ahead of Schedule o Disney+ now has 50 million paid subscribers globally. The company did not say if Disney+ received a bump from millions of people being forced to stay at home because of the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic has hit the company particularly hard. Disney's theme parks around the world have closed down,
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many of its biggest films of the year have been postponed. Disney said last week that it would furlough employees "whose jobs aren't necessary at this time" starting on April 19. (English) •
USA Car Manufacturers Are in Survival Mode o This month, fewer cars will be built in the United States than at any time since World War II. Auto production has ground to a near total halt because of the coronavirus outbreak. New car sales in the United States are forecast to fall more than 50% in the second quarter. A 50% decline in sales would be the biggest drop on record in more than 40 years of auto sales data collection. (English)
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Ferrari Challenges Corona o FERRARİ has signed an agreement with the health authorities of the region where its factories are located, a plan to guarantee the safety of workers. In particular, it provides for a whole arsenal of Covid 19 screening, traceability of their journeys and care in the event of illness. Ferrari hopes to restart production after Easter. (French)
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Airlines lobby to rewrite carbon deal in light of Coronavirus o Airlines are lobbying to rewrite the rules of a global agreement (Corsia) designed to tackle aviation emissions. Airlines have to pay to offset any growth in CO2 emissions above a baseline set by the average emissions of 2019 and 2020. However, the coronavirus outbreak is making it difficult to stay on the baseline, as it currently reduces carbon emissions significantly. In this regard, airline companies state that if a new regulation is not made and the costs are too high, some countries may withdraw from the agreement and this is a ''matter of survival'. (English)
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Belarus’ Offer to Gazprom o Belarus has sent Russian gas company Gazprom proposals on the possibility of buying part of Russian gas not under long-term contracts, but on exchange platforms at competitive prices. (Russian)
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Telecom Carriers Dial 5G-Enabled Messaging for Edge in Social Media o China's big three telecom carriers launched a new 5G-enabled messaging service on Wednesday that could prove to be a game-changer in social networking and pose challenges to Tencent's messaging services, analysts said. (English)
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Covid-19 Effect on Entrepreneurs o In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, BSwapShop has launched to allow businesses to swap services with each other to conserve cash. (English) o
Beyond Blue is a non-profit organization which aims to assist those struggling with issues such as depression, anxiety and other related mental health disorders. The service will offer free counselling by mental health professionals for all people in Australia 24/7, both online and over the phone. (English)
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NANObiz, one of the Middle East Technical University (METU) Technopolis companies, performed the Covid-19 test. which can be done in 60 minutes. (Turkish)
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“Video laryngoscope” is developed to protect the healthcare professionals. A prototype of the video laryngoscope device, named “LarinCOVIDeo”, has been developed in Sivas through public university and industry collaboration and by means of national and local materials in a bid to protect the anaesthesiologists, doctors, and other healthcare workers from the coronavirus pandemic. (Turkish)
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Antiviral ATM machine is being developed. A Istanbul Technical University Ari Technocity company has developed an electronic device cleaning money in ATMs. The device is claimed to eliminate all microbes and viruses. (Turkish)
5. ARTS & CULTURE & LIFESTYLE •
Coronavirus Hits Movie Industry o Due to coronavirus, box offices go for a shutdown. If they do not get any support, they will vanish from the market. Reports show 10 major cinema market’s box office lost almost 59% in the first quarter of 2020. (Turkish)
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Kats Sahne Presents: The Boss Covid-19 o Actors Cemal Hunal and Onur Senay will play a live theater from their homes. Within the scope of the coronavirus measures, the original name of the play has changed to The Boss Covid-19. The live play is divided into 3 parts and will take place on Kats Sahne’s Instagram account on this Friday April 10th, Saturday April 11st and Sunday April 12nd at 21:00. (Turkish)
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Street Art of Coronavirus o As the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the World, street artists are started to act. Street artists all around the World painted pandemic wall art. (Turkish)
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Covid-19 Donation of Famous Netflix TV Show Chernobyl’s Custom Company o Peris Costumes will produce protective equipment for hospitals, nursing homes, masks, social services and municipalities in its ateliers in Madrid and Lisboa. (Turkish)
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The Radio, Companion of Confined People, Sees Its Audiences Explode o With long-term confinement the antennas adjust their programs to meet the demands of listeners. Online radio listening had increased by an average of 15% in France in the first two weeks of confinement, with news radio stations recording a 40% increase. (French)
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The Museum Economy Hit Hard o Postponed exhibitions, suspended extensions, canceled privatizations ... the spread of the coronavirus is hitting museums economics hard. Nemo, an association of some 30,000 European museums, is carrying out a vast study on the subject. And the first results collected from 650 museums are alarming: those located in tourist capitals show losses of 75% to 80%. 1% of the museums
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surveyed lose up to 30,000 euros each week, and 5% post a weekly hole of 50,000 euros. (French) 6. SPORTS •
FIBA: EuroBasket 2021 Moved to 2022 o European international basketball championship EuroBasket 2021 has been postponed to 2022 to loosen the sports calendar, FIBA said on Thursday. Following the world basketball governing body's executive committee meeting by video conference, FIBA announced the new schedule saying the major tournament will be held between Sept. 1 and 18, 2022. The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games for 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic has created a domino effect in next year's sports calendar as 2021 will have tournaments such as FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (June 22-July 4) and Tokyo 2020 (July 23-August 8). (English)
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Playing a Dummy; Belarus Club Puts Virtual Fans in the Stands to Fight Virus o Belarus’s FC Dynamo Brest, one of a handful of soccer clubs still playing in Europe, is filling its stands with mannequins sporting cut-out portraits of fans to boost the atmosphere as many supporters stay home because of the coronavirus. (English)
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World Meteorological Organization Warned: Covid-19 Casts A Shadow Over the Accuracy of Weather Forecasts o The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that before the Covid-19 era the Global Observation System took around 700,000 daily readings through commercial airlines from the 193 member countries. The decrease in air traffic levels in the world due to COVID-19 measures causes also the traffic readings used in weather forecasts to decrease by 85 to 90 per cent. Subsequently, WMO warned that the reliability of weather forecasts worldwide may gradually decrease, including early warning services for natural events such as tornados and storms. (English)
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Can We Finish the Corona by Just Washing Our Hands? o In many parts of the world, clean fresh water isn’t guaranteed. Therefore, it has been known that countries without a reliable system of supplying water to everyone are likely to be more vulnerable to infectious diseases. The World Bank reported that around 75% of people living in rural areas live in homes that lack adequate facilities for hand washing and nearly 2.2 billion people are currently living without safely managed water outlets. The situation remains serious especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia regions. (English)
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COP26 Climate Summit Postponed to Safeguard Lives o COP26 Climate Change Summit due to take place in the Scottish city of Glasgow in November 2020 has been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ultimate aim of the COP26 Summit is to gather the world’s governments to halt rising global temperatures. (English)
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Biggest Drop in CO2 Emissions Since World War II but Little Impact on Climate Change o According to the World Meteorological Organization, scientists predicts that carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War II, but the coronavirus pandemic is having very little impact on climate change. Although there is a noticeable decrease in air pollution in many cities, experts state that this is an "artificial halt". (English)
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COVID-19 Brings Clean Air in Cities Across the Globe o Around the world an unexpected impact of the economic shuttering due to the coronavirus outbreak is dominating fresh air and clear water in places, from Venice to Beijing, Los Angeles to Bangalore, where only weeks ago pollution dominated. This is a consequence of reduced traffic pollution and temporary suspension of industrial activities. (English)
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Air Pollution Linked to Far Higher Covid-19 Death Rates o According to a new study, deaths caused by air pollution are noticeably higher than COVID-19. The study revealed that even the slightest increase in pollution levels in the pre-epidemic years increased the mortality rate by 15%. A report prepared for Italy, noted that there were higher mortality rates in the northern part of the country, which has a high level of air pollution. According to data, the mortality rates in the northern regions are at 12%, while the rest of the country is 4.5%. (English)
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