Turkey struggles to ramp up tests as outbreak reaches critical phase


  • World
  • Friday, 27 Mar 2020

A woman wearing a protective face mask waits for a train as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Istanbul, Turkey, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A week after sending half a million coronavirus test kits to the United States, Turkey is struggling to ramp up its own testing for the disease as doctors warn the country has reached a crossroads in containing the fast-growing outbreak.

Turkey reported its first infection just over two weeks ago.

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