The Health Ministry repealed another restriction related to the COVID-19 epidemic, as daily case counts reached new lows. Patients will no longer be obliged to undertake polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing before any operation or treatment in hospitals, according to the ministry.
Hospitals, along with public transit, are among the two remaining sites where strict COVID-19 restrictions exist, especially the mask mandate that was abolished everywhere else. They also serve as the primary testing location. Turkey has conducted millions of PCR tests since the epidemic arrived in the nation in 2020, claiming almost 97,000 deaths. Following a steep increase a few months ago, the number of daily cases and tests has now drastically fallen. Turkey, for example, performed 101,263 tests on Thursday, with just 1,253 persons testing positive. On the same day, eleven COVID-19 deaths were reported.
It is also the hospitals that reflect the pandemic's diminished intensity. The majority of hospitals in the nation have closed their COVID-19 wards, and intensive care units are almost entirely absent of coronavirus patients. This current condition is mostly due to the country's widespread vaccination effort and the prevalence of omicron, a strain of the virus that does not cause as many hospitalizations as earlier strains, with most patients recovering after a brief time of self-isolation.
Experts consider that the last pandemic-related restrictions might be withdrawn in a few weeks since the government already declared that the mask rule would be lifted in hospitals and public transportation if the number of daily cases fell below 1,000.
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