well the turkish medical association the doctor we spoke to for the report clearly say no they say in a city like istanbul with 16000000 people you would actually need to shut everything down for at least 14 days to relax the situation in the hospitals at least a little i don't think we're going to see anything like this because the government already said that they want to avoid any additional economic pain but the government government now is being criticized a lot for their lack of transparency for giving the economy a priority in this house crisis and for acting too little too late. and in istanbul soras thank you very much. now to some other stories making news around the world the united nations says the earth is on course to warm by more than 3 degrees celsius by the end of the century after greenhouse emissions reached a new high last year the u.n. said the impact of this year's dip and pollution due to the pandemic will only be negligible without a comprehensive and rapid shift away from fossil fuels. british prime minister boris johnson and e.u. chief was enough underline wi

think that the current measures that are in place or enough to curb the spread well the turkish medical association the doctor we spoke to fool the report clearly say no they say in a city like istanbul with 16000000 people you would actually need to shut everything down for at least 14 days to relax the situation in the hospitals at least a little i don't think we're going to see anything like this because the government already said that they want to avoid any additional economic pain but the government government now is being criticized a lot for their lack of transparency for giving the economy a priority in this house crisis and for acting too little too late. and in istanbul saurus thank you very much. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world the united nations says the earth is on course to warm by more than 3 degrees celsius by the end of the century after greenhouse emissions reached a new high last year the u.n. said the impact of this year's dip in pollution due to the pandemic will only be negligible without a comprehensive and rapid shift away from fossi

miracle in their deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all of those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough policies over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for birthday with out the coronavirus. our last journey is to germany the country is now in a hard lockdown almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home. the world famous christmas market the river has also been cancelled. this is this christmas eve as it gets here and back in 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was canceled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one

and deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the truly extend of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day when our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures. oh yeah those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough policies over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. that report there from our correspondent yulia han in istanbul and she's standing by for us with more on the story hi yulia good to see you yulia we were just taking a look at your report and i want to know if you could explain to us why there are different restrictions in turkey for the young and for the old. well the tech is government 1st introduced stay at home orders for those aged $65.00 and older and those aged 20 or younger in april when the pandemic started basically arguing that the elderly are a

deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures that almost all. the listings the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. chris. was. reporting there from turkey let's take a closer look now at some of the other stories making news around the world cornish talks over gregg's a deal are scheduled in brussels on wednesday u.k. prime minister boris johnson is to meet top officials for a last ditch trade talks both sides say there must be compromise but are still no closer to agreeing an exit plan. in future leninists was caught off guard by surprise flooding on choose day after sudden change in the weather parts of the city were

the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity. iran's top nuclear scientist has been laid to rest until there was assassinated on friday. around z.-z. is a blaming israel for the killing and evolved to retaliate. france's government has dropped a controversial draft all that would restrict the publishing of images of police. the bill sponsor large protests on sunday, fueled by anger. over a video of police beating a black man in paris, critics of the law say it could prevent such incidents from being exposed and your version of the bill will be submitted. but as the headlines, more news on algis, there are to rewind, silent bombs, stay with us. hello and welcome once again to rewind. i'm come on santa maria zuber english back in 2006, and in the more than a decade since then, we've built up a library of award winning documentaries here on rewind, where revisiting some of the best of them. and looking at how the story has moved on today, the threat of nuclear war is once more on the table with north korea carrying out a series of m

the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity.schools in iraq every open their doors after being closed its march because of the coronavirus pandemic. the number of new infections has fallen to about 1500 infections per day. many students fear they will be unable to catch up on lost lessons. reporter: the first day of school in times of coronavirus -- these six-year-olds waited for more than two months to start their education. the iraqi government lift the lockdown into timber but public schools only reopened this week. >> it was supposed to start earlier, but they delayed it because of the large number of infections. yes, the malls and shops reopened earlier, but the number of infections were really high. hopefully the pandemic will go away soon and we will try to catch up on schooling. reporter: the pandemic has showed wide pre-existing -- public schools like these stopped teaching for eight months. budget cuts due to declining oil prices have made matters worse. >> for sure there has been a negative effect and the pandemic has

miraculous deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all of those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough policies over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. our last journey is to germany the country is now in a hard lockdown almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home. the world famous christmas market nuremberg has also been cancelled. this is christmas eve as it gets back and 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was cancelled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes to

could in the deals with many covered 1000 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the truly extend of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures. oh. yeah those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough the party's over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. a small indian town in the state under the dash is swarming with investigators after a mystery illness but hundreds of people sick including children officials and allures say blood tests on some patients every field the presence of nickel and lead they have now identified possible sources of what appears to be in this poison. more than 500 people many of them children have been hospitalized with the mystery illness since saturday patients have reported a wide range of symptoms including noisy and head

would have milan's to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the truly extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day who will our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all the other. things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday without the coronavirus. reporting from turkey a sick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. clownish talks are where brings a deal are scheduled in brussels on wednesday u.k. prime minister boris johnson is to meet top e.u. officials for a last ditch trade talks both sides say there must be compromise better still closer to agree on a next time. the ethiopian government has rejected calls for an independent investigation into the conflict in his to guy with the un human rights chief a set the situation is worrying and volatile humanita

clear in the deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all of us things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday without the coronavirus. our last journey was to germany the country is now in a hard lockdown almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home the world famous christmas market nuremberg has also been canceled. this is christmas eve as it gets here and back in 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was canceled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes to

the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity. iran's top nuclear scientist has been laid to rest in tehran and factories are there was assassinated on friday. iran's leaders are blaming israel for the killing. france's government has dropped a controversial draft law that would restrict the publishing of images of police. the bill has sparked large protests, fueled by anger, over a video of police beating a black man in paris. news continues here on al-jazeera right after inside story, which is coming up next. boko haram, terrorizes northern nigeria. on saturday, the group killed more than 100 civilians in the northeast. it's one of the most violent attacks in years. what's been done to find boko haram and can it be defeated? this is inside story. hello, welcome to the program and burn it's. nigeria's government has repeatedly said it has defeated boko haram. yet after more than 10 years of fighting, the group violence is on the rise in the northeast boko haram is suspected of being behind an attack on saturday was described as t

miraculous deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. so you are going off as last week we still have a lot more cases then the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures that almost all. the of those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. well there. could be trouble between germany and the united states in the pipeline yet again the u.s. house of representatives on tuesday approved a pentagon budget bill that also expands sanctions against companies building the german russian nord stream to pipeline and the bill passed with an overwhelming majority of both democrats and republicans far exceeding the 2 thirds super majority they have would be needed to override a presidential veto the bill mus

in their deals with many covered 1000 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the truly extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures. he has things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday without the coronavirus. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news this hour officials in india seeking the cause of a mystery illness that struck down more than 300 children and 100 adults in the state of undress pradesh doctors have found traces of lead and nickel in blood samples of those sick now authorities have ordered them and ordered an inquiry into the source of the metals and how they got into the bodies of hundreds of facebook. the u.s. supreme court has rejected an effort to overturn the results of the pres

going to be walking the streets more relaxing that in other countries in europe but the turkish medical association say's the measures are too little too late for the clear very late to impose restrictions except for the essential we must close over production facilities for at least 10 to 15 days we've already lost 207 medical personnel so far these are the 1st hours of a full weekend locked down and a quieter friday evening in text him weeknight curfews have already been in place for a week some sectors are excluded from the restrictions now many are waiting to see if these latest measures will help turkey curb the virus or if it will be forced to impose a full lockdown. al-jazeera stumble. in the us a central judge has ordered the trumpet ministration to fully restore an obama era initiative protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation in 2017 trying trying to end the deferred actions of childhood arrivals program also known as dhaka from to angry demonstrations another move was blocked by the supreme court earlier this year but in july early trump officials tried to limit the progr

clear in their deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures. illust things the current restrictions are already plenty tough policies over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday without the coronavirus. president 76 year old nona who has won a 2nd term in office the country's electoral commission says. one over 51 percent of the national vote that figure puts the incumbent ahead of his predecessor and old rival john muhammad while the vote was largely peaceful police said at least 5 people were killed in the election related violence moring what observers said was they will organize. are going to bring in now. our correspondent in the capital of gone then it's good to see you are the incumbent president gets reelected b

the deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. so. we still have a lot more cases then the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures and. all. the of those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough the party's over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world british prime minister boris johnson and e.u. chief was enough to underline will hold talks in brussels later as they make a last minute push for a post break the trade deal that comes after months of deadlock negotiations between officials both sides have warned the chances of reaching an agreement by year end deadline are slim u.s. carmaker tesla has been told to stop clearing a forest for a new german factory af

record in their deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases then the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures. he of us thinks the current restrictions are already plenty tough the party's over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday without the coronavirus. there. could be trouble between germany and the united states in the pipeline yet again the u.s. house of representatives on tuesday approved a pentagon budget bill that also expands sanctions against companies building the german russian nord stream to pipeline and the bill passed with an overwhelming majority of both democrats and republicans far exceeding the 2 thirds supermajority of you have would be needed to override a presidential veto a bill must now go to the u.s. senate where it is expected to easil

the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity and public schools in iraq ofreopened their doors after being closed since march. because of the corona virus pandemic, the number of new infections is fall into about $1500.00 cases per day. many students fear that i'll struggle to catch up on lost lessons. some reports from baghdad. the 1st day of school in times of coronavirus. these 6 year olds waited for more than 2 months to start their education. the iraqi government lifted the lockdown in september, but public schools only reopened this week. it was supposed to start earlier, but they delayed it because of the large number of infections. yes, the malls in the shops reopened earlier, but the number of infections was very high. now the numbers have started to go down . hopefully the pandemic will go away soon, and we will try to catch up on schooling. the pandemic has spurred a wide and preexisting disparities in education. private schools catering to wealthy students have largely stuck to the academic calendar. while public schools like these stopped teachi

the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity. the world health organization's director general says, mexico is in bad shape as corona, virus infections and deaths rise. ted, they're also at them on serious action to stop the spread of mexico, the 4th country to have more than 100000. people die from cove in 19,, according to the u.n., at least 7 of mexico city's public hospitals are now at full capacity. croatia now where the prime minister himself has tested positive the codeine team under a prank and of has already been isolating after his wife tested positive over the weekend. croatia is experiencing a surge in cases that saw a record $74.00 deaths in the last 24 hours and so the government is tightened. restrictions on people traveling into the country. and canada's government has promised to spend tens of billions of dollars to kick start the economy once the pandemics of the budget deficit is expected to reach a record 294000000000 dollars this year. as government spending skyrockets to combat the spread of the virus, canad

going to be walking the streets more relaxing that in other countries in europe but the turkish medical association say's the measures are too little too late or very late to impose restrictions except for the essential those who must close all production facilities for at least 10 to 15 days of already lost 207 medical personnel so far . these are defers hours of a full weekend lockdown and a quieter friday evening in text him weeknight curfews have already been in place for a week some sectors are excluded from the restrictions now many are waiting to see if these latest measures will help turkey curb the virus or if it will be forced to impose a full lockdown seen on al-jazeera stumble. germany's hoping to have mass vaccinations and is ready next month to start immunizing people as soon as it approves a vaccine many cane has more from berlin. this is a 1st glimpse of what the mass vaccination centers will look like moves created inside large warehouses or exhibition halls where thousands of people can safely be immunized every day there are 6 of these centers planned across berlin serving a popu

full lock downs will be imposed on the weekend and curfews on turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity. the world health organization's director general speaking about mexico says it's in bad shape as corona, virus infections and deaths. ted ross are then on the government to take some serious action to stop the spread of mexico, the 4th country to have more than 100000, people dying from covert and the philippines has extended its restrictions in the miller region until the end of the here, people in the capital and 6 other areas must wear masks and maintain social distancing. the health secretary has asked filipinos to limit their christmas gatherings. when the u.k. mass coronavirus testing is taking place at universities, thousands of students are being checked before they go home for their winter break is trying to hold reports from leicester. prolific virus spreaders in the autumn students across england and wales are now being tested on mass before heading home for christmas. in september, when students return from the summer break, tens of thousands wer

going to be walking the street more relaxing that in other countries in europe but the turkish medical association say's the measures are too little too late for the clear very late to impose restrictions except for the essentials you must close over production facilities for at least 10 to 15 days we've already lost 207 medical personnel so far these are the 1st hours of a full weekend lockdown and a quieter friday evening in text him weeknight curfews have already been in place for a week some sectors are excluded from the restrictions now many are waiting to see if these latest measures will help turkey curb the virus or if it will be forced to impose a full lockdown because al-jazeera stumble. the u.k. and the e.u. still haven't managed to work out a break sit deal with less than 4 weeks to go until britain's transition period comes to an end the chief negotiator michel barnier says they've agreed to cause the talks because the conditions for a deal haven't been met but as prime minister boris johnson is now expected to hold talks with here paying commission president said i want to lay in on

on weekdays, the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity. the world health organization's director general says mexico is in bad shape as coronavirus infections and deaths. surge headdress are the norm that the government to take serious action to stop the spread of mexico, not the 4th country to have more than 100000. people die from covert 19 the philippines has extended coronavirus restrictions in the manila region until the end of the year. people in the capital and 6 other areas must wear masks and maintain their social distancing. on a top fashion retailer has become one of the u.k.'s biggest corporate casualties of the pandemic. the arcadia group that owns dozens of fashion brands has filed for bankruptcy store closures and layoffs have not been announced yet. what public schools in iraq of reopened, after being closed since march, because of the pandemic, the number of new infections has fallen to about 1500 cases a day, but many students fear they will struggle to catch up on their last lessons. simona 14 reports from baghdad. the 1

the turkish medical association says that hospitals are stretched to capacity. croatia's prime minister has tested positive for covert 19 andre plank of which had already been isolating of his wife tested positive at the weekend. croatia is experiencing a surge in corona virus cases. the government has tightened restrictions on people travelling into the country in the world health organization, as director general says that mexico is in quote, bad shape as corona, virus infections and continue to rise the emerging serious action to stop the spread of mexico as the 4th country more than $100000.00, people died from covert in the amazon rain forest is shrinking at an alarming race with deforestation. not a 12 year high. scientists say the rate of clearing as accelerated since. also narrow became president of brazil and weakened environmental protections are some of m.p.'s. he reports now from bogota, colombia, from the sky. large swaths of brazil's amazon are increasingly looking like this, with long patches of rain forest destroyed by fires in logging, and it's

record in their deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures. he has things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the corona. dorris was. next to mount everest on the border between china and the polish already the world's highest peak but now it's even taller officially that is at least up to now the 2 countries that differed on whether to include the snow cap on top of the mountain in the measurements but after both countries sent teams of surveyors they finally reached an agreement and in years of defeat. chum a long saga mata mt everest the world's highest peak is known by several names and now it's reaching even greater heights to be used to. c

miraculous deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases then the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures that almost all the of us things the current restrictions are already plenty tough policies over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. our last journey was to germany the country is now in a hard lockdown almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home the world famous christmas market remembered has also been canceled. this is christmas eve as it gets dark and 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was cancelled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes to bu

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could in their deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases then the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all of us things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday without the coronavirus. our last journey was to germany the country is now in a hard lockdown almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home. the world famous christmas market nuremberg has also been cancelled. this is a scris mysie as it gets here and back in 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was cancelled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes

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miraculous deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all of those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. our last journey is to germany the country is now at a hard lock down almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home. the world famous christmas market number has also been cancelled. this is christmas eve as it gets back in 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was cancelled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes to buy

the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity. croatia's prime minister is tested positive for cope with 19 under a plank of which has already been isolating after his wife tested positive at the weekend. crozier is experiencing a surge in corona virus cases where government has tightened restrictions on people travelling into the country. and the world health organizations, director general, says mexico is in bad shape as coronavirus infections and deaths continue to rise and he's urging serious action to stop the spread. mexico is the 4th country to, have more than 100000. people die from cope with 19, according to the u.n., at least 7 of mexico city's public hospitals are at full capacity. is pushing ahead with a range of march through reforms. has its economy suffers from a combination of tougher u.s. sanctions and the pandemic. where means the cuban peso will be devalued for the 1st time in more than 60 years. the country has used 2 versions of the pacers since $199041.00 of which is only interchangeable in cuba. authorities

record in their deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases then the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures. illust things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. well there. could be trouble between germany and the united states in the pipeline yet again the u.s. house of representatives on tuesday approved a pentagon budget bill that also expands sanctions against companies building the german russian nord stream to pipeline and the bill passed with an overwhelming majority of both democrats and republicans far exceeding the 2 thirds supermajority they have would be needed to override a presidential veto the bill must now go to the u.s. senate where it is expected to easil

we're going to walk into street more relaxing that in other countries in europe but the turkish medical association say's the measures are too little too late or very late to impose restrictions except for the essential we must close all production facilities for at least 10 to 15 days we've already lost 207 medical personnel so far these are the 1st hours of a full weekend locked down and a quieter friday evening in text him weeknight curfews have already been in place for a week some sectors are excluded from the restrictions now many are waiting to see if these latest measures will help turkey curb the virus or if it will be forced to impose a full lockdown so you now because al-jazeera stumble. meanwhile a warning from the world health organization that vaccines alone won't eliminate kovan 1000 as data suggests that they're probably not going to offer lifelong protection the head of the w.h.o. is saying he's worried progress on vaccines are less as lead to a perception that the pandemic is all but over doctor said the world is now seeing light at the end of the tunnel but more needs to be done

but the turkish medical association, the doctor's union, is telling us that they believe the real figure—i9 every day, and they are basing that on data they are gathering from their members around the country. the important thing to note about these figures is that they were not being revealed for the last four months. turkey started giving figures back in july only for those who were symptomatic with covid—i9 and that meant the figures looked much lower. under pressure from the opposition, they recently started releasing the figures for those who test positive every day, and that brought us up to 32,000, almost overnight. now, we should say that the death toll here, relatively speaking, is still quite low. officially, it's around 14,000. that puts turkey at number 20 in the world. but again, the opposition, the doctors' union, were saying that the actual death toll is higher, the doctors' union believes it is about 50,000. the government has tightened restrictions here, we now have a nightly curfew, we have just finished the first weekend lockdown since may, but doctors are concerned ab