Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced an end to requirement for wearing protective masks at indoor venues, ending the most enduring ban related to COVID-19 pandemic. Mask use will be in place in mass transit and hospitals, APA reports citing Daily Sabah.
His statement followed a meeting of Health Ministry's Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, who delayed the meeting from early April to Wednesday, had revised the date again to Tuesday "not to postpone good news further." Koca's meetings with the Board, which was weekly in the early days of the pandemic, has been a staple of daily life for millions glued to their screens every week to hear the latest update on the situation regarding the pandemic and restrictions.
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