The Guardian, one of Britain's leading newspapers, published a report on the policies followed by the AKP government during the coronavirus crisis. The article said that the AKP's policies that sacrifice public health to the economy caused anger.
The Guardian published an article on the policies of the AKP government during the coronavirus.
“The Turkish health ministry says the number of coronavirus infections has dropped by 72% after record-breaking highs of more than 60,000 new cases a day in April,” said the paper adding that “yet Turkey still has the fifth highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world and doctors said the officially reported drop in new cases is statistically impossible, showing instead a huge reduction in testing.”
According to the article “the success rate has been used as an argument that the country is ready for the crucial summer tourism season.” However, “Turkey’s official death toll from Covid-19 is 46,071,” said the article insisting that “analysis of municipality death statistics shared with the Guardian by a computer scientist affiliated with the Turkish Medical Association’s pandemic working group, shows more than 142,000 excess deaths across the country compared with the average of the previous three years, leaving just under 68% of the total number of excess deaths unaccounted for.”
The Turkish health ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment, said the British paper.
