Presidential Cabinet meets to take important measures regarding coronavirus threat
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is presiding over a meeting of the Presidential Cabinet on the latest developments and measures to be taken regarding the corona virus. The entire cabinet is present at the meeting which Erdogan announced yesterday would be narrow scoped. It is expected that the summit will also focus on whether schools will be on holiday.
The meeting on measures to be taken against the corona virus (Covid-19) outbreak, chaired by President and AK Party leader Erdogan began in Beştepe.
The members of the meeting held in Presidential Complex (Beştepe) were as follows::
* Vice President Fuat Oktay
* Minister Of Health Fahrettin Koca
* Minister Of Justice Abdulhamit Gul
* Minister Of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Çavuşoğlu
* Minister of youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu
* Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli
* Minister Of The Interior Süleyman Soylu
* Minister of transport and infrastructure Mehmet Cahit Turan
* Minister of Environment and Urban Planning Murat Kurumu
* Minister of family, labour and Social Services Zehra Emerald Selçuk
After the meeting, IBRAHIM KALIN, spokesman for the president made a statement to share the following decisions taken in the meeting.
– Schools will be closed on March 16, for a week – after which online education will be provided
– Universities will be closed on March 16 for 3 weeks.
– Citizens are recommended not to travel abroad, unless obligatory. When back home they should not go out for 14 days.
– Civil servants (foreign affairs etc) will need permission to leave the country
– Sports events will take place with no spectators.
