First sporadic case of Covid-19 found locally in north Cyprus

A Turkish Cypriot woman has been diagnosed with Covid-19 making it the first sporadic case of the virus found locally, the President of the Cyprus Turkish Medical Association Dr Özlem Gürkut said.

The woman who was infected, works in the accounting office of a hotel in Bafra  and had complained of fever. A test showed that she had been infected with Covd-19. She said that did not know where she might have picked up the virus.

Dr Gürkut said this incident shows that there are some people who may have the disease but be asymptomatic.

She urged everyone to wear a mask in public and enclosed spaces and to observe hygiene rules such as hand washing, maintaining social distancing and avoiding crowded places.

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