Coronavirus-positive results not being registered in Turkey: Sources

Coronavirus test results and even positive cases are not registered in the Turkish health system, some sources in university hospitals claim.
Saturday, 29 February 2020 11:07

In Turkey's Adana, a 60-year-old male patient applied yesterday for the emergency service with high fever and cough, according to the sources in the Çukurova University Hospital As he was admitted to the isolation ward, the patient who was observed to have just arrived from Mecca pilgrimage was tested by one of the limited diagnostic kits of the facility.

Following the test that resulted in corona-infected, he was transferred to Ankara after another sample was taken from him for PCR.

As the sources reported, the first test result was not registered in the hospital records and the following test result has not arrived from Ankara. The medical personnel started to work in compliance with Coronavirus protocol as they began using protective clothing.

Some sources also state that even though the tests prove positive they are not officially registered.

Nonstop news conjures up the suspicion that the Ministry of Health is trying to cover the Coronavirus infection.

Coronavirus does not have a higher mortality than other well-known flu types. SARS, MERS and Influenza epidemics had somewhat a higher lethality in comparison with the new Coronavirus. Though it causes anxiety among the population being not currently curable in terms of improvement of vaccine treatment, it is possible to pull through the disease with little damage by the precautions taken by public institutions and collective awareness.

Yet, it seems that Turkey's medical authorities prefer to keep the infection a secret.