The three-day curfew is covering 30 largest provinces by population as well as Zonguldak, where respiratory diseases are commonplace due to the coal mining.

During the curfew, public and private hospitals, all healthcare product manufacturers, pharmacies, nursing homes and shelters, bakeries, emergency call centers, designated gas stations and veterinary clinics, postal and cargo delivery companies, energy companies and animal shelters will remain operational.

Police have been patrolling the city, setting up checkpoints at several points while residents have stayed at home.

Coronavirus outbreak, which was first identified in Wuhan, China and declared a pandemic by World Health Organization on March 11, has killed over 239,653 worldwide, with more than 3,402,994 infections, while recoveries have reached 1,084,729.

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