A thermal camera monitors passing travelers at a fever checkpoint in a Metro Istanbul station in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey will start tracking citizens and send them a message and call them each time they leave their homes, the presidency's Communications Directorate said. — Bloomberg
ISTANBUL: Turkey will monitor the mobile phones of those diagnosed with the new coronavirus to ensure they do not break quarantine, authorities said on March 8, marking the latest measure to stem an outbreak that has surged over the last month.
Turkey will start tracking citizens and send them a message and call them each time they leave their homes, the presidency's Communications Directorate said.
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