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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 Due To Coronavirus Rises By 97 to 1.198 People o Turkey on Sunday registered 97 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,198. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases surged to 56,956 as 4,789 more people tested positive for the virus, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter, sharing the ministry's link for daily updates of coronavirus figures. (English)
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Turkey Ends Two-Day Curfew Over COVID-19 o Turkey lifted a 48-hour curfew in 31 provinces across the country as of midnight Sunday which had been implemented as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. People largely obeyed the weekend curfew, which began at midnight Friday, said the Interior Ministry. (English)
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Erdogan Rejects Interior Minister's Resignation o Turkey’s president turned down Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu’s resignation late Sunday which he had tendered over incidents that occurred ahead of a weekend curfew across much of the country to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Soylu “submitted his resignation to the President [Recep Tayyip Erdogan], and our President told him that he did not find the request suitable,” Turkey’s Communications Directorate said in a statement. (English)
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Obligation of Using Mask and Sanitizer in Public Transport in Ankara o Drivers and passengers of all vehicles will be required to wear protective masks and carry sanitizer for general hygiene in Ankara, the Turkish capital, starting Monday as of 00:01. The capital governorate announced the new measure, put in place to fight the rising tide of the coronavirus pandemic, on Sunday, days after the municipality banned boarding mass transit without masks. (Turkish)
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Turkey sends 2nd batch of medical supplies to UK o A Turkish military cargo plane carrying second batch of medical supplies departed on Sunday for the U.K. in a bid to help the coronavirus combat. "At the direction of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's instructions, the second batch of medical aid that will be used to fight the COVID-19 virus have been sent to the U.K. today," the Defense Ministry said on Twitter. (English)
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UN Secretary-General Calls on Religious Leaders To Unite In The Fight Against COVID-19 o At a time when Christians are celebrating Easter, Jews are marking Passover, and Muslims will soon begin the holy month of Ramadan, religious leaders of all faiths are being urged by the UN Secretary-General to join forces and work for peace around the world and focus on the common battle to defeat COVID-19. (English)
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Target Day for Reopening USA: 1st May
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The Trump administration views May 1 as a target date for relaxing stay-at-home restrictions across the United States, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said on Sunday. “We see light at the end of the tunnel,” he told ABC’s “This Week.” (English) New York state reached a tragic milestone this week: It now has more Covid-19 patients than any country in the world, aside from the United States. The state's total of 181,026 cases, as of April 11, is higher than Spain's (161,852 cases) and Italy's (152,271), countries with populations many times larger than New York. In New York City, the Covid-19 death rate is about 6% higher than most countries. (English) A new report on the Trump administration's missteps in the early days of the coronavirus' spread into the US was published in the New York Times on Saturday, detailing new instances showing how President Donald Trump ignored the warnings of his advisers about the lethal infectious disease approaching America's doorstep. it would take more than three weeks for Trump to enact social distancing guidelines on March 16. (English)
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Johnson discharged from hospital; UK Could Be 'Worst Affected' Country in Europe o Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left hospital after being treated for coronavirus. He had three nights in intensive care before returning to a ward on Thursday. On the advice of his medical team, the Prime Minister will not be immediately returning to work. (English) o Front-line staff in the coronavirus crisis are routinely exposed to things the general population would never encounter - loss of patients, illness of colleagues, high levels of stress and increased exposure to Covid-19. Psychological first aid should be provided as the UK runs the risk of a "future mental health crisis", the British Psychological Society said. (English) o The UK is likely to be among the European countries worst affected by coronavirus, one of the government's senior scientific advisers has said. The warning, from Sir Jeremy Farrar, comes as UK deaths from the virus are expected to pass 10,000 on Sunday. (English)
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China’s New Cases Rise Above 100 o The number of new cases in mainland China ticked up again, past the 100-mark. The National Health Commission said the country had 108 new confirmed cases, with 98 attributed to travelers from overseas. (English)
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Beijing Tightens Grip Over Coronavirus Research o China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices published by two Chinese universities, that have since been removed from the web. (English)
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Charter flight brings 180 underage Chinese students from San Francisco to Shanghai o A total of 180 underage Chinese students studying overseas took a charter flight to Shanghai on Sunday as part of China's plan to take back young Chinese students amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (English)
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Laid-off flight attendants in Europe retrain to help hospitals with coronavirus crisis
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Airlines across the world have grounded planes and temporarily laid-off workers, but companies in Sweden and the United Kingdom are encouraging flight attendants to retrain to help hospitals with the coronavirus crisis. (English)
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Coronavirus: Italy orders rescued migrants onto quarantine ship o Italy has ordered 156 migrants on board a German rescue ship off the western coast of Sicily to be transferred to another vessel and quarantined. The migrants, mostly from Africa and the Middle East, must then undergo health checks, Italian officials said. (English)
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North Korea İnsists İt Has No Coronavirus – How the State is Managing the Story o North Korea continues to insist that it is completely free of coronavirus. The World Health Organization’s representative to the country said that 709 people had been tested with no confirmed cases as of April 2. Observers are naturally sceptical, particularly given the 10,000 cases and 200 deaths from COVID-19, the disease linked to the new coronavirus, in neighboring South Korea. (English)
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Italy: Lockdown is Working Says Member of CTS Expert Committee o The Civil Protection Department said Sunday that 19,899 have died in Italy after contracting the coronavirus, up 431 with respect to Saturday. It is the lowest daily rise in the death toll in a week and compares to Saturday's increase of 619. (English)
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French Science Council Lists Deconfinement Conditions o Ahead of President Macron’s national address tomorrow (Monday April 13) which is expected to extend confinement to at least May 3 - we look at three factors that scientists say are necessary for deconfinement. (English) o On the other hand, confinements may be extended “a minimum of one month" according to an executive adviser. (French)
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The Minister of Agriculture Calls on Mayors And Prefects To Reopen The Markets o The government had been forced to close markets and health measures to fight the new coronavirus. Since then, a third of the markets have reopened thanks to exemptions. The Minister, aware of the economic importance of the markets for producers, today calls for their reopening. (French)
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Greek People Ahead of Easter Holidays Violate the Rules o Greece reported a total of 2,114 cases of confirmed coronavirus infections and the number of deaths comes to 98. (Greek) o A total of 2,322 fines for unnecessary travel were imposed by the Greek Police on Saturday, despite the relevant ban. (Greek)
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Coronavirus Cases in Russia Every Day Set New Record o Russia confirmed 2,186 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the country’s official number of cases up to 15,770 and marking a one-day record in new cases. (English) o The Central Bank allowed banks to open a number of accounts for new customers remotely for the purpose of making socially significant payments. (Russian) o Minister of Labor and Social Protection, Mr. Anton Kotyakov stressed the need for legislation to be improved in terms of distance work and self-employment
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since the situation associated with the spread of coronavirus has identified new challenges for the labor market. (Russian) Majority of China's New Coronavirus Cases reported on Sunday originated from a Russian flight to Shanghai the day before, a potential sign of the severity of Russia's outbreak. (English)
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OPEC And Allies Finalize Record Oil Production Cut After Days of Discussion o OPEC and its oil producing allies on Sunday finalized a historic agreement to cut production by 9.7 million barrels per day, which is the single largest output cut in history. The group, known as OPEC+, initially proposed cutting production by 10 million barrels per day on Thursday, but Mexico opposed the amount it was being asked to cut, holding up the final deal. Under OPEC+’s new agreement, Mexico will cut 100,000 barrels per day, instead of the 400,000 barrels per day it had initially been asked to cut. On Friday President Donald Trump said the U.S. would cut production in an effort to get Mexico “over the barrel.” (English)
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Robert Shiller: Pandemic of Fear Could Tip Economy into A Depression o Nobel-prize winning economist Robert Shiller warns a pandemic of fear could tip the economy into an undeserved depression. Shiller, an expert in how our emotions drive financial decisions, finds the sheer volume of chatter surrounding depression risks due to the coronavirus could severely hurt the economy. (English)
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Turkish Regulator Slashes Limits on Banks' FX Transactions o Turkey’s banking watchdog said on Sunday it was slashing the limit for banks’ foreign-exchange swap, forward and option transactions with foreign entities to 1% of a bank’s equity, from 10% previously. (English)
3. BUSINESS WORLD •
The EU Promises A 500 Billion Euro Aid Plan o This aid plan is not financed from the budget of the European Union. European states will provide guarantees of up to 25 billion euros in investment to the European Bank. The European Bank will thus be able to lend 200 billion euros to businesses. (French)
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Major Chinese Property Developers Report Monthly Sales Growth o Sales of China's leading property developers saw robust growth in March amid the economic recovery from the novel coronavirus outbreak, an industry report showed. Sales of the surveyed 100 major property developers marked a monthly growth of 136.2 percent but still a drop of 17 percent year on year, according to data from CRIC, a property research institution. (English)
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Economic Activities Regaining Vitality in China, World's Largest Market o As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ebb away across China, economic activities begin to pick up in the world's largest market, with businesses resuming operation and consumption gaining momentum. (English)
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Coronavirus Crisis Offers Lessons for Society on Best Use Of E-Learning o With the catastrophic Covid-19 spreading all over the world, chances of returning to a normal school life in Hong Kong seem quite remote. Under the principle of “suspending classes without suspending learning”, students now have to use online tools such as Google Classroom, Google Meet, and Zoom for lessons from home. (English)
5. ARTS & CULTURE & LIFESTYLE •
Stardust’s World Premiere Will Be Online o David Bowie’s Stardust is to get a digital release after plans for a world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival. (Turkish)
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Distant but Together! o Turkish, Serbian, Italian, Chinese orchestra and choir artists came together due to the “Distant but Together” Project and gave an digital concert via Culture and Tourism Ministry’s YouTube channel. Opening song of the digital concert which Bella Ciao is performed by Constantine Blagojevic and Andrea Solinas. (Turkish)
6. SPORTS •
Olympics Postponement May Be A Cultural Opportunity for Tokyo o The postponement of the games therefore offers an opportunity to refocus the public’s attention on the symbolic dimension of the Olympics. After all, the games are supposed to be a festival, designed to showcase human excellence and bring the world together in peaceful community rituals. The absence of the games in 2020 offers an additional year for organizers and artists to explore these aspirations and express them in innovative ways. (English)
7. SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE •
It’s Like the Beatles Are Walking Around the World! o The traffic level in the UK fell this much last seen when the Beatles were walking across the Abbey Road. Under the measures, as the highways cleared and factories closed, first China, then Italy, the UK, Germany and other countries are experiencing temporary falls in CO2 and nitrogen dioxide of as much as 40%. Undoubtedly, this situation hits the fossil fuel industry and unemployment increases with the effect of the economic recession. In this regard, experts urge governments to take steps towards clean energy production in economic incentive packages that will save humanity and the environment in the long run, not the day. (English)
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Waste Management Is an Essential to Beat Covid-19 o Since the Covid-19 pandemic is generating tons of medical waste, it is vital to take necessary measures, including effective management of biomedical and healthcare waste, appropriate identification, collection, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal, as well as disinfection, personnel protection and training. During such an outbreak, many types of additional medical and hazardous waste could be generated if infected medical waste and non-infected domestic waste are not disposed of separately. (English)
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A Message from Nature: Coronavirus o The United Nations Environment Program stated that, on average, a new infectious disease emerges in humans every 4 months, 75% of these come from animals, and the main reason for this is wildlife intervention and the loss of biodiversity. Subsequently, it urged that the illegal wildlife trade and the destruction of habitats must stop to prevent further outbreaks of zoonotic viruses. (English)
8. REGULATORY UPDATES •
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