Turkish govt seeks to downplay coronavirus threat to prevent tourism sector: Reports

Turkish health ministry remains in denial of existing coronavirus cases in country despite reports suggesting confirmed cases having travel history to Turkey. According to a report published in an American magazine, Turkey is pushing narrative through its media that country is successful in keeping outbreak in control. report suggests that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to downplay threat in order to prevent growing tourism industry from collapse. 

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As per reports, Turkey's tourism industry played a major role in country's ecomy as it contributed a whopping $30 billion in 2018 to country's GDP. Turkey has invested $12 billion in a new Istanbul airport, which is expected to be world's largest. President Erdogan h promised that Turkey would host as many as 50 million tourists, raising figure by 20 percent. w, when whole world is battling to tackle coronavirus outbreak, Turkey seems to be downplaying threat, American magazine reported.

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Coronavirus outbreak

According to data acquired by worldometer, Turkey has so far recorded 47 cases of coronavirus, all of m are active and are kept under observation. As per reports, escalation of COVID-19 cases in Turkey is likely due to influx of refugees from war-torn Syria. report also suggests that 60 per cent of Turkish citizens may w be infected by coronavirus but government is delaying testing. 

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COVID-19 has claimed more than 7,100 lives across world and has infected over 1,82,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. 

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