Over 40,000 health professionals test positive for COVID-19 in Turkey: minister


  • World
  • Thursday, 15 Oct 2020

ANKARA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- More than 40,000 healthcare professionals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Turkey since the pandemic outbreak, while the number of the medical staff who lost their lives from the infection has reached 107, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday.

"The number of deaths (among healthcare professionals) has also increased recently," Koca said at a press conference.

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