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New COVID 19 Restrictions. See the Full list New COVID 19 Restrictions. See the Full list. Turkey imposes new restrictions as pandemic rising in different provinces in Turkey, including Muğla. See the full list below. Coronavirus is rising in different areas of Turkey. The latest report by the Health Minister of Turkey Dr Fahrettin Koca has revealed the increase in new Covid-19 cases.Muğla is the province where Marmaris, Fethiye, Bodrum are located has also seen a fast rise in Covid-19 cases. The new restrictions will be imposed from today Tuesday, December 1.* The curfew hours imposed 21:00 – 05:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (effective 01/12/2020).* Full Lockdown on weekends Saturday and Sunday (effective 01/12/2020).* HES code is now required to enter shopping centers (effective 01/12/2020).* Government institutes open to public will be open from 10:00 until 16:00 (effective 01/12/2020).* Children and youth under 20 years of age and Click here for details >>

We are not looking forward to the weekend in Marmaris as we are entering into another lockdown..

How are Marmaris hospitals and Emergency units handling the situation Dear Friends, For the last few weeks there are more talks about the second wave. Ankara was given the name of “Wuhan” city for the currect crisis with rapidly increased number of COVID-19 patients.On the daily news we listen to the Turkish authorities who keep telling the measures will be increased.Needless to say we stayed away from hospitals and healthcare places.All kinds of stories are told about how busy and overcrowded local hospitals and emergency units are in our small resort of Marmaris.Since there is no way to be able to see statistics on how busy hospitals are in Marmaris we have decided to take the step and made two random visits to one of the major hospitals in Marmaris which claims to have sufficient critical supplies and the capacity to treat non-COVID patients.First visit was in the evening when Click here for details >>