FILE PHOTO: Sunbeds are aligned respecting social distancing on the Yemis Kumu beach, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near the Mediterranean city of Mersin, Turkey June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kaan Soyturk
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's daily coronavirus infection numbers have soared above 50,000 and President Tayyip Erdogan is likely to order a tightening of restrictions this week ahead of the vital tourism season, a senior government official said.
Turkey ranks fourth globally in new case numbers, which peaked near 56,000 last week - a five-fold jump from early March, when Erdogan loosened social curbs in what he called a period of "controlled normalisation".
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