Premature lifting of COVID-19 measures may have severe consequences: expert
STORY: Premature lifting of COVID-19 measures may have severe consequences: expert
DATELINE: April 15, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:51
LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey
CATEGORY: HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Turkey
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): MEHMET CEYHAN, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
3. various of vaccination drive
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): MEHMET CEYHAN, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
STORYLINE:
A leading infectious diseases specialist in Turkey has warned that lifting COVID-19 restrictions before the pandemic is completely over is not the right way to fight the outbreak and could have severe consequences.
Mehmet Ceyhan, head of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases of the Ankara-based Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, said the removal of the restrictions puts the vulnerable population at higher risk and increases the threat of developing new variants.
SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): MEHMET CEYHAN, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
"Every time when the number of cases decreased in
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