Last minute: Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the new variant of Kovid, Eris (EG.5.1), which has started to spread in the USA and some countries in Europe, is not seen in Turkey.
IS THE COVID-19 VARIANT ERIS SEEN IN TURKEY?
Headlines from Minister Koca’s statements are as follows;
“This and a similar variant has not been seen in our country. Do not worry about these variants, and there is no such thing as a transition to the periods in which we are closed. Covid is still seen. In this period, we see a variant period that gradually decreases in effectiveness with mutations.
“MEASURE REDUCE TILL 2-3 MONTHS AGO”
We know that the cases of measles have increased recently in many countries of the world, especially with the effect of immigration. The most effective way of prevention is vaccination. We don’t have any doubts about it. It is extremely important that all our citizens, our children, our children are 9 months, 12 months and 4 years old.
Measles decreased until 2-3 months ago. Our main city is Istanbul, then Ankara, then Gaziantep, Kocaeli and Diyarbakır.
We continue to vaccinate widespread in the field both in our mobile and family health centers. There is nothing to worry about. I can say that the numbers are decreasing gradually.
VIOLENCE IN HEALTH: “LEGAL PROCESS STARTS WITH OUR WHITE CODE”
I talked about our violence action plan. We work with the Ministry of Interior in our hospitals and health institutions, one of the principles of which is security measures. However, we have code white. With our white code, the legal process begins.”