Five areas in northern Turkey quarantined

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A town and four villages have been placed under quarantine in Turkey's Black Sea province of Rize to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak, AFP quoted health officials as saying on Friday.

Turkey has so far recorded 75 coronavirus deaths and 3,629 cases. It has not provided a breakdown of cases by region.

Officers and relatives prepare to bury a person who died from the coronavirus, as other new graves are prepared at a cemetery opened by the government for victims of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus at Beykoz, in Istanbul on March 27, 2020. — AFP
Officers and relatives prepare to bury a person who died from the coronavirus, as other new graves are prepared at a cemetery opened by the government for victims of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus at Beykoz, in Istanbul on March 27, 2020. — AFP

Authorities have taken a raft of measures across the country from shutting schools and universities, suspending football games to banning mass prayers.

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