“We have lost a 61-year-old male patient. I wish Allah’s mercy upon him,” said the country’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca in a tweet.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 93 new cases were confirmed, raising the tally to 191 in the country, he said.<\/p>\n
The health minister reiterated that preventive measures to avert the outbreak, such as staying at home and avoiding public gatherings, should be taken seriously.<\/p>\n
“The tests concluded today show that the measures are mandatory,” he said.<\/p>\n
The virus emerged in Wuhan, China, last December, and has spread to at least 164 countries and territories around the globe, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n
WHO has declared the outbreak a pandemic and its data showed there were over 194,000 confirmed cases and nearly 7,900 deaths around the world by Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, is not fatal in all cases and a vast majority of patients do fully recover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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