Huge traffic jams in Turkey as people escape cities ahead of first three-week national lockdown
Telegraph, 29 Apr 2021
Drone footage captured gridlocked traffic in Istanbul on Thursday as thousands of Turks planned last minute travel to their holiday homes ahead of a 17-day lockdown.
Under the new restrictions, people will have to stay indoors except for essential shopping trips and urgent medical treatment.
Turkey on Wednesday logged 40,444 new Covid-19 infections and 341 deaths in the last 24 hours, which is one of the world's highest number of cases and the worst on a per-capita basis.
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Under the new restrictions, people will have to stay indoors except for essential shopping trips and urgent medical treatment.
Turkey on Wednesday logged 40,444 new Covid-19 infections and 341 deaths in the last 24 hours, which is one of the world's highest number of cases and the worst on a per-capita basis.
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