Turkey eases most coronavirus restrictions

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Turkey has eased nearly all pandemic restrictions on businesses and events and lifted night-time and Sunday curfews.

An interior ministry circular says restaurants and weddings no longer must limit the number of people but they still need to abide by social distancing rules. Only hookah shops are still closed, AP reported.

Concerts and festivals can go ahead indoors and outdoors but music must end by midnight even though there is no longer a night-time curfew.

People walk on Istiklal Street, the main shopping street in Istanbul, on Thursday. — AP
People walk on Istiklal Street, the main shopping street in Istanbul, on Thursday. — AP

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