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Turkey Accused of Coronavirus Cover-Up as Cases Rise

Henry Ridgwell

   SANLIURFA/LONDON - Doctors and local politicians in Turkey are voicing
   concern that the government is downplaying the scale of the resurgent
   coronavirus outbreak.

   The latest official figures suggest there are around 1,700 new
   infections and around 60 deaths every day across the country. But
   doctors say the numbers do not add up, as they are seeing a much higher
   prevalence of the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease.

   Dr. Kenan Gengeç runs a clinic in Sanliurfa in Turkey's Anatolia
   region, one of the areas worst-hit by Turkey's coronavirus resurgence.
   He is also a board member of the city's Chamber of Doctors. Gengeç
   said the outbreak is far worse than the government is acknowledging.

   "These days, they publish daily official cases of around 1,500
   infections nationally. But some days, in Sanliurfa alone, we have 600
   to 700 cases. It is very obvious that the numbers they publish are not
   correct," Gengec told VOA in an interview Monday.

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