Turkey confirms first coronavirus death
Caption: Women wear protective face masks sitting near the Sultanahmet Mosque also known as the Blue Mosque as the nation tries to contain the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Istanbul on March 17,2020.–AFP
Turkey confirmed its first novel coronavirus-related death on Tuesday as the number of cases in the country has risen to 98.
“Today I lost my first patient in our fight against coronavirus,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca told a televised press conference, adding that the patient was an 89-year-old man.