The outbreak of coronavirus continues to spread and cause dead in Turkey and Kurdistan. 

As of yesterday, according to the official statement made by the Turkish Ministry of Health, the total number of cases increased to 52,167, while the number of deaths was 1,101.

On 10 April, the Turkish government declared a 48-hours curfew in 31 cities. As the announcement was made a few hours before the beginning of the curfew, thousands of people flock to the streets to make sure they could buy food and other things before the lockdown.

In Amed the streets remained empty on the first day of lockdown. Apart from pharmacies on duty and some bakeries, the shops are all closed.

People who go out to buy bread are stopped by patrol police vehicles telling them that "there is a curfew. Go back to your home. Otherwise, there will be criminal proceedings against you." In addition, helicopters are constantly flying over the city.

The announcement of the curfew was given at around 10 pm, just two hours before coming into force. This has caused the people to protest as they were caught unprepared.

Places such as Dagkapi and Ofis, among the busiest districts of the city, are witnessing an unfamiliar silence and only street animals are around.

Amed people are trying to spend time in the gardens of their homes or in front of the doors because they cannot go out on the street.

Mehmet Kurukan has a company selling consumables to hospitals in Amed, and is now spending time in the garden of his house. Kurukan said that the curfew should be extended as a precaution to prevent the epidemic from spreading further. "They can extend this 2-day curfew. But we need to provide people's needs for this. After all, we are laboring people and we have to bring bread to our house."

Nurettin Özkan, who was a shepherd in Seyrantepe district, emphasized that the declared curfew time was wrong, and said: "The curfew was to be declared, at least 4-5 hours before coming into force, we were caught unprepared and we could not get our basic needs. I need to take out the animals because I was a shepherd."

It is not yet clear whether the curfew will be limited to the weekend or will be extended. But in general, the opinion of the residents is that the basic needs of the society should be met by the state and that the ban should be implemented full-time to ensure people's right to health.