Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey" in English language version.
The government has dispatched medical equipment to at least 55 countries, including the U.K. and the U.S. Around 120 states asked for medical assistance, which Turkey will continue to meet in the period ahead.
The strategy of ordering people over 65 to stay home seems to have worked. The most vulnerable escaped the worst of the pandemic, while those infected, mostly working-age adults, generally recovered.
Few elderly Turks live in nursing homes, which became breeding grounds for the virus in Europe and America.
Demography mattered. Among OECD countries, only Mexico and Colombia have a lower proportion of people aged 65 and over than Turkey does.
The strategy of ordering people over 65 to stay home seems to have worked. The most vulnerable escaped the worst of the pandemic, while those infected, mostly working-age adults, generally recovered.
Few elderly Turks live in nursing homes, which became breeding grounds for the virus in Europe and America.
Demography mattered. Among OECD countries, only Mexico and Colombia have a lower proportion of people aged 65 and over than Turkey does.
The government has dispatched medical equipment to at least 55 countries, including the U.K. and the U.S. Around 120 states asked for medical assistance, which Turkey will continue to meet in the period ahead.
