The total number of people diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus in Turkey is now 18, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. Erdogan announced on Thursday that schools and universities would be closed from Monday over coronavirus outbreak concerns. All prison visits have been suspended for the coming two weeks, Gül said. The group, which is among the thousands of pilgrims placed into quarantine after returning from minor pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia over the weekend, protested against what they called bad living conditions at the dormitory they are being held in. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has suspended his foreign trips, said he would hold talks with French and German leaders about solving the migration crisis next week by teleconference rather than hosting a summit as originally planned. 15:30 - Turkey's education watchdog cancels vacations of medical, academic staff. The Indian Health Ministry announced it would not allow passengers from Turkey, the United Kingdom, the European Union or the European Free Trade Association to enter the country starting from March 18. As our flight plan is updated, we will share it with you on this page for your new trips. Meanwhile, Turkey’s third largest city Izmir’s Mayor Tunç Soyer announced that “parents with children younger than 12” will be eligible for administrative leave as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, after Yavaş was criticised for not including fathers. A government spokesman said the patient’s state was stable, and his close family continued to be quarantined and were healthy. Concerns over the economic impact of the virus pushed the lira to its lowest level since September 2018 in trading yesterday. The measures will be taken throughout the week by related ministries, the minister said. The move follows an emergency meeting of the government led by Vice President Fuat Oktay, it said. 17:40 - Turkish Medical Association says coronavirus cases in Turkey ‘may well exceed 18’. to return to Turkey at the earliest possible date,’’ the embassy said in a statement posted on Twitter. Toplu ulaşım araçlarının dezenfeksiyonu aralıksız olarak devam etmektedir. 22:15 – Izmir, Ankara announce paid leave for municipal workers with young children. "We are suspending congregational prayers, starting with Friday prayers over the novel corovanvirus. University rectors will decide on whether medical interns will continue with their internship, YÖK said in a notice it sent to Turkish universities. Only 45 percent believe the Health Ministry and the country’s health organisations are taking adequate measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country while the same percentage believe that health institutions are sharing accurate information on the outbreak of the novel virus, news site T24 reported. Mosques remain open. Turkish Cypriot authorities on Thursday shut two of the nine border gates with the Republic of Cyprus, which had previously shut four gates. All public libraries in Turkey will be closed between March 16 and March 30, Hürriyet newspaper reported on Sunday citing an announcement by the Culture and Tourism Ministry. The five are among 10,300 Turkish nationals returning from Mecca, who have now been placed in 14-day quarantine in university dormitories in Ankara and the the southern city of Konya in order to contain the spread. 16:15 - Less than half of Turkey trusts Health Ministry on coronavirus - survey. Tekrar merhaba. 19:45 – Turkish prisons to not admit persons showing symptoms of respiratory infection. KRG also suspended all public meetings, including Friday prayers in mosques. Burak Akkul posted a video on social media earlier on Monday, urging health officials to help him in receiving the results of a coronavirus test he took four days prior. pic.twitter.com/0jfs3i2mof, 21:10 - Turkey banning flights with six more countries. Meanwhile, Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan said on Friday that Turkey is halting flights to and from Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, … 00:54 - Turkey’s total coronavirus cases jump to 18. Real-time cancellation statistics and flight tracker links for cancelled airline flights. A total of 34 people have died from the virus in England, where the number of positive coronavirus tests reached 1,372 on Sunday. Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül has announced a series of preventative measures against the spread of the novel coronavirus in the legal system. Earlier on Monday, Turkey stepped up measures to stem the spread of COVID-19, including the suspension of all congregational prayers at mosques, the closure of restaurants, cafes, movie theaters, wedding and event venues. İstanbul’a bir dizi sanatsal etkinlik ve film çekimi için gelen Emmy ödüllü Amerikalı sinema oyuncusu, yönetmen ve yapımcı John Malkovich ile 4 sanatçı misafirimiz oldular. Ali Pilli, health minister for the breakaway state, said the virus was detected among a group of British tourists, adding to the two German nationals diagnosed on Thursday. JetBlue 7. Turkey’s Interior Ministry announced all restaurants cafes, theatres, gyms and other similar businesses would be closed as of 12 a.m. Tuesday in a bid to halt the spread of COVID-19, T24 news site reported. 19:06 - Scuffle breaks out between police, quarantined pilgrims in central Turkey. 19:20 – Turkey confirms three more coronavirus cases. The Health Ministry has started an investigation into Elönü’s death and family members are under close monitoring, T24 said. “There’s no problem with production.”, 11:30 – Turkey ramps up cologne, disinfectant production. Turkey expanded its coronavirus testing after its first case was diagnosed on Wednesday, but only to those who have travelled abroad and are showing symptoms, said a member of the Health Ministry’s Coronavirus Committee. Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) on Friday announced a series of measures to minimise time spent in crowded mosques to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Hawaiian 13:43 - Istanbul courthouse delays all trial hearings. We have opened a second on-call [help] line for our citizens living in countries with high numbers of coronavirus cases,”  Diken quoted Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu as saying. The Turkish Interior Ministry has announced that bars, nightclubs and discos nationwide would be closed effective 10 a.m. local time on Monday as part of an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.