Shopping malls, salons reopen in Turkey

Shopping malls, barbershops and hair salons have reopened across Turkey after a nearly two-month closure.

According to the Council of Shopping Centres, personnel and customers should wear masks and continue to observe physical distancing rules in all malls.

Mall administrators should also use thermometers, decrease lift capacities or limit usage, provide disinfectants and take measures to prevent crowds, the group said in a press release.

Restaurants and cafeterias in malls will remain closed.

The easing of restrictions came on Monday, the start of a nationwide post-coronavirus normalisation as the death toll and the number of infections eases in the country.

On Sunday, Turkey's senior citizens also got their first chance to venture outside in seven weeks.

People aged 65 and over - the age group most at risk from the virus - were subjected to a stay-at-home curfew on March 21.

In the last 24 hours, Turkey registered 47 coronavirus-related deaths amid 1,542 new cases, raising the total death toll to 3,786 and 138,657 infections, the country's health ministry data showed on Sunday.

 

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