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Daily new coronavirus cases in Turkey surged 30 per cent to 26,099, Reuters quotes health ministry data as showing.
Turkey's daily case levels have been below or about 20,000 in December, down from about 30,000 in October. The number of deaths due to coronavirus fell to 157 on Monday from 173 a day earlier.
"The Omicron variant is spreading more quickly than the other variants," Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter late on Monday. "You must be careful and get your booster shot done."
