President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday visited Palestinian patients who were transferred yesterday from the Gaza Strip to Turkey for cancer treatment.

The Minister of Health, Fahrettin Koca, and the chief physician of Bilkent Governmental Hospital, Ercan Yeni, accompanied the Turkish President during his visit to the patients.

Erdogan visited all the patients in succession and received information from them about their health condition, expressing his wishes for a speedy recovery.

On Wednesday evening, two planes arrived at Esenboga Airport in the Turkish capital, Ankara, coming from Al-Arish Airport in Egypt, carrying 27 Palestinian patients and 13 companions.

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Two planes carrying a number of Palestinian cancer patients and their companions arrived in Turkey on Wednesday after they were taken out of the Gaza Strip to Egypt.

The two planes arrived at Esenboga Airport in the Turkish capital, Ankara, coming from Al-Arish Airport in Egypt.

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca also returned to Ankara from Egypt, accompanied by some patients, after a series of intensive meetings he held on Wednesday to provide health aid to Gaza and transport the sick and wounded to Turkey.

The patients were transported from Gaza, which is under intense Israeli attacks, to the Egyptian Al-Arish Airport by ambulances, then they were placed on planes belonging to the Turkish Presidency and the Ministry of Defense to be transported to Ankara.

Turkish medical teams supervised the reception of patients upon their arrival at Esenboga Airport.

The patients were transferred from planes to ambulances and will undergo treatment in Bilkent Medical City in Ankara.

The patients’ health condition was monitored by 9 expert medical personnel from Turkey throughout the journey from Egypt to Ankara.

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Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on Wednesday visited the wounded who were brought from the Gaza Strip at the Nasser Institute for Research and Treatment Hospital in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

On Wednesday morning, Koca arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to discuss coordinating medical aid sent to Gaza and transporting cancer patients to Turkey.

Within the framework of the visit, the Turkish Minister of Health met with his Egyptian counterpart, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar.

After the meeting, the two ministers went to the Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment to visit the wounded coming from Gaza.

The two ministers exchanged conversations with the sick and wounded, and expressed their wishes for recovery.

Koca received a briefing on the health condition of the wounded and gave toys to the children.

The Turkish minister suggested transporting a woman with an injury to her face for treatment in Turkey, and his Egyptian counterpart confirmed that he would study the matter.

At the end of the tour, the wounded in the hospital expressed their thanks to the Turkish Minister of Health.

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Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca discussed with World Health Organization officials the possible aid to be sent to the Gaza Strip.

This came in a post by the Turkish Minister on the “X” platform on Wednesday, in which he explained that the Turkish Ministry of Health had begun moving to provide health services in Gaza, and in this regard, it was continuing talks with international health organizations.

He added that after the “heinous attack on the National Baptist Hospital in Gaza,” he made phone calls with many international officials, including senior officials at the World Health Organization.

He stressed that the most prominent point in his talks centered on the fact that “it is not acceptable to target institutions that serve human health under any circumstances or with any justification.”

He pointed out his country’s readiness “to send a floating hospital to the region or establish field hospitals in Gaza or near the Rafah crossing to provide health services to our Palestinian brothers.”

He added that he discussed with the World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, the need to support health services in the region urgently and decisively, expressing Turkey’s readiness to cooperate with it in this regard.

He stressed the historical responsibility of World Health in this regard, adding that “the director of the organization’s regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Ahmed Al-Mandhari, received the Turkish views positively during the call.”

On Tuesday, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said that more than 500 Palestinians were killed during an Israeli bombing that targeted the courtyard of the National Arab “Baptist” Hospital in Gaza.

They had fled to the hospital and its surroundings under the weight of warnings and calls from the Israeli army to evacuate their homes.

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Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the death toll from the earthquake that struck Malatya province has risen to 103, killing one person.

Koca said in a tweet on Twitter that the injured are undergoing treatment, indicating that 6 of them are in operating rooms and 3 are in intensive care.

The Turkish minister expressed his wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured and extended his condolences to the families of the victims from Malatya.

Earlier, the head of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency, “AFAD”, Yunus Sezer, announced that one person was killed and 69 others were injured as a result of the earthquake that struck the state.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurred in Malatya at 12:04 local time (09:04 GMT), centered in the Yeşilyurt district.

Sezer said in a joint press conference with Orhan Tatar, General Director of the Department of Earthquakes and Risk Reduction in Avad, that search and rescue operations are currently concentrated in the ruins of 5 buildings.

He noted that the region has been witnessing an aftershock every 3 minutes since the Kahramanmaraş earthquake on February 6.

In turn, Tatar reported that the region is witnessing unusual seismic activity, pointing to the occurrence of 4 independent earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7, 7.6, 6.4 and 5.3, in addition to 45 aftershocks of between 5 and 6 degrees.

He pointed out that the Malatya earthquake was assessed among the large aftershocks, and indicated that the region had witnessed, as of Monday noon, 10,282 aftershocks.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he agreed with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev to define bilateral relations between the two countries as a “comprehensive strategic partnership.”

This came in his speech on Tuesday before his participation in the meeting of the high-level strategic cooperation council between the two countries at the Kok Sarai Palace in the capital, Tashkent.

Erdogan stressed that his country will continue to stand by its strategic partner Uzbekistan as it was before, congratulating the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Uzbekistan.

He expressed his pride that Turkey was the first country to recognize the independence of Uzbekistan and to open its embassy there.

The Turkish President congratulated Uzbekistan and the Turkish and Islamic world on the advent of the blessed month of Ramadan next Saturday, wishing blessings, peace and tranquility for all.

Earlier, President Erdogan arrived in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, on an official visit at the invitation of his counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The Turkish president is accompanied on his visit by his wife, Emine Erdogan, and the Ministers of Defense, Hulusi Akar, Justice Bekir Bozdag, Labor and Social Security, and Dad Bilgin.

As well as health, Fahrettiin Koca, and Commerce Muhammad Muş, and the head of the Communications Department at the Presidency, Fahrettiin Altun.

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Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca called for strengthening cooperation between countries of the world in order to secure the health needs of immigrants without discrimination between them.

This came in his speech on Thursday during a high-level meeting on migration and health in the European region.

Which was held in Istanbul in cooperation between the World Health Organization and the Turkish Ministry of Health.

Koca stressed the need to provide health services to migrants within the framework of the comprehensive policies of the World Health Organization.

And without distinguishing between the countries they come from, pass through, or go to.

He added that strengthening cooperation in this regard among the countries of the world and pursuing a common path is a basic and shared responsibility for all.

He pointed out that “universal health coverage” is an ambition that was put forward to provide health services to all citizens.

He explained that, in this context, Turkey is integrating 3.7 million refugees on its territory within this framework and providing them with all health services.

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Health Minister Koca shared the weekly map of the number of coronavirus cases by province.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca presented the number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, according to governorates, between February 19 and 25.

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Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced the abolition of the mandatory wearing of masks in open spaces, after it was mandatory in the context of the fight against the Coronavirus.

This came in a press statement on Wednesday, after the meeting of the Scientific Council in the capital, Ankara.

He pointed out that wearing a muzzle will remain mandatory in closed places where social distancing rules cannot be adhered to.

Also, planes, buses, theaters, cinemas, medical centers and indoor spaces in schools.

He said, “We no longer have to wear masks in open spaces.”

He expressed their desire to start vaccination operations against the Coronavirus with the “Turkovac” vaccine in the dispensaries scattered in the neighborhoods, starting next week.

Koca stressed that wearing the muzzle in closed places is no longer necessary if the ventilation is sufficient and the rules of social distancing can be adhered to.

The Turkish minister also announced the abolition of the requirement to display the investigation code from the health status of citizens regarding the virus (HES) upon entering any institution.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that he was feeling mild symptoms after being diagnosed with the Coronavirus yesterday, Saturday.

On Sunday, Erdogan said in a tweet: “Our doctor did our routine examination this morning.

Praise be to God, there is nothing to worry about, today we are also feeling mild symptoms and we continue our work with Ms. Amina from home.”

And on Saturday, Erdogan said that he and his wife, Amina, had performed tests to detect corona after feeling mild symptoms, and the result appeared positive, and that he had been infected with the Omicron virus.

The Turkish president added, through his account on Twitter: “Thank God, I feel mild symptoms, and I will continue to do my work from home, and I am waiting for your prayers.”

In turn, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca confirmed that President Erdogan and his wife Amina are in good health after they were infected with the Coronavirus.

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