ISTANBUL, Apr 2 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday, said, if the outbreak of COVID-19 becomes more widespread in the country, tighter measures will be inevitable.
“We have partially limited inter-city transportation and if needed, we can implement similar methods in urban transportation as well,” Erdogan said, while attending his party meeting via teleconference from Istanbul.
Erdogan reiterated his call on the nation, to stay at home and maintain social distance, as part of the measures taken to restrain the outbreak of COVID-19.
“If each of our citizens adopts voluntary quarantine, further measures would not be required,” he added.
Last week, Erdogan announced that inter-city travel across the country was restricted, and became subject to the permission of governors in each province, as part of the fight against the virus.
The death toll from the virus in Turkey has climbed to 214, and the number of confirmed cases has risen to 13,531 on Tuesday.
