Frightening Statement by Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca

Speaking to Fatih Altaylı from Habertürk, Health Minister Fahrettin Kocamade comments on the agenda. Stating that the unprecedented spread of the Omicron variant continues, Minister Koca said, Istanbul is not in good condition stated. According to Fahrettin Koca, COVID-19 cases in Istanbul, increased 5 times in a week. Moreover, a serious part of them is omicron.

Minister Fahrettin Koca, all cases 52 percent of He raised concerns by saying that it started to be recorded in Istanbul. “We can literally say that Istanbul exploded.Using the statements, Fahrettin Koca officially declared that the coming days will be quite difficult.

“It’s a joke but that’s the rate”

In the statements made by Fahrettin Koca, the following statements were included: “The increase in Istanbul is exactly 500 percent.. It’s a joke, but that’s the rate. Last week, the number of daily cases in Istanbul reached 4 thousand. Do you know how many this week! Exactly 20 thousand 500. The increase is five times. If the case increase rate in Istanbul was in Turkey, we would be talking about at least 100 thousand cases today. God this rate not yet publicized. Normally, Istanbul is one fifth of Turkey’s population. But more than half of the total number of cases is in Istanbul. 52 percent of all cases are detected in Istanbul. We can literally say that Istanbul exploded.

Currently, the rate of Omircron-related cases in Istanbul is very high. Because Istanbul is the city with the most international connections. Omicron also entered Turkey via Istanbul. And it spread. Look, it’s not a joke. The number of cases in Istanbul increased 5 times in 10 days and 3.5 times in 1 week. The rise in big cities is terrible. Cases doubled in Ankara as well. The number of daily cases in Ankara was 1200 last week. Now it’s 2200. It will obviously explode in Ankara in a week. Then all of Turkey. The number of daily cases will be 60 thousand, maybe 70 thousand per day after a while. The trajectory shows this. Our only consolation is that the increase in the number of cases is not reflected in hospitalizations and intensive care units and of course deaths at the same rate. But that doesn’t mean that you should act recklessly. Citizens do not worry but be cautious. With this Omicron, we have buried that personal precautions become even more important. In the past, a distance of 1.5 meters was sufficient. Maybe this distance increased to 3 meters with Omicron. we don’t know for sure. But there is one thing we know for sure, that closed, unventilated crowded environments should not be entered. Our citizens should not go to places without ventilation.“

“The vaccine is still our most important trump card”

Minister Husband, He said that he would come to Istanbul by meeting with the chief physicians. He also stated that they will talk about possible measures. Stating that the vaccine is still the most important trump card, the Minister of Health spoke as follows about the death and intensive care statistics: “87 percent of deaths are people over the age of 60. 16 percent of total cases are over 60 years old, but 87 percent of deaths. Of course it’s not just age, age-related diseases in effective deaths. Risk groups should be more careful. If you are over 60 years old, if you have other diseases, you will be more careful, you will follow the rules more. That’s for sure. The death rate for the vaccinated is much, much lower. You have to know it too. Vaccine is still our most important trump card…”