As every Wednesday, the Scientific Committee meeting took place today. Especially after the extremely rapid increase in the number of cases in the last week and the rapid spread of the omicron variant, the eyes were turned to Fahrettin Koca, who will make a statement after the meeting.
Contrary to the statements he made on Twitter for a long time, Fahrettin Koca went to the cameras after this meeting and held a press statement. In the statement, Koca used some remarkable expressions.
Omicron has also become the dominant variant in our country:
One of the striking statements in Koca’s statement was the statement that Omicron is now the dominant variant in our country. Koca stated that the increase in the number of Omicron cases returned to hospitals as an extra 10% occupancy. Koca also stated that the number of cases increased four times compared to the previous month.
After these statements, Koca stated that there were lower cases and lower occupancy rates in hospitals in the previous periods of the epidemic, and that he thought the danger of the epidemic would decrease with Omicron.
A remarkable decision was taken at the meeting. Accordingly, contacts who have had their vaccination and reminder dose will no longer be quarantined. In his statement, Koca said, “In today’s scientific committee, it has been decided not to quarantine contacts who have had their vaccination and reminder dose. As for isolation, all positive cases can leave isolation without testing after 7 days of isolation. Our Scientific Committee has abolished the PCR test requirement for screening and contact persons. From now on, PCR testing will only be performed on people showing symptoms.
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