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Turkey Records Highest New Virus Death Toll for 4th Consecutive Day

Police officers patrol Istiklal street, the main shopping street in Istanbul, minutes into the lockdown, part of the new measures to try curb the spread of the coronavirus, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. AP
Police officers patrol Istiklal street, the main shopping street in Istanbul, minutes into the lockdown, part of the new measures to try curb the spread of the coronavirus, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. AP
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Turkey Records Highest New Virus Death Toll for 4th Consecutive Day

Police officers patrol Istiklal street, the main shopping street in Istanbul, minutes into the lockdown, part of the new measures to try curb the spread of the coronavirus, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. AP
Police officers patrol Istiklal street, the main shopping street in Istanbul, minutes into the lockdown, part of the new measures to try curb the spread of the coronavirus, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. AP

Turkey's daily number of coronavirus deaths hit a record high for a fourth consecutive day with 174 in the past 24 hours, data from the Health Ministry showed on Thursday, and it also reported the highest number of new daily infections yet.

Data showed that Turkey recorded 29,132 COVID-19 cases, including asymptomatic ones, on Thursday. From July until Wednesday, Ankara had only reported symptomatic cases, of which there were 6,876 on Thursday, raising the total number to 474,606.

The total number of deaths stood at 13,014.

Thursday's new case tally was also the highest daily number reported since the beginning of the pandemic but historical data and the cumulative number of all cases is still not available.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a Turkish-developed vaccine against COVID-19 could be ready for use by April.

The vaccine, ERUCOV-VAC, is being developed by Erciyes University, in the central Turkish province of Kayseri, and is currently undergoing phase 1 of testing.

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Zelenskiy Says Alaska Summit Should Open Path to Ukraine-Russia-US Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, August 14, 2025. (Reuters)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, August 14, 2025. (Reuters)
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Zelenskiy Says Alaska Summit Should Open Path to Ukraine-Russia-US Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, August 14, 2025. (Reuters)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, August 14, 2025. (Reuters)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it was important that Friday's Russia-US summit in Alaska opened up a path towards a "just peace", as well as substantive three-way talks between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia and the United States.

"It is time to end the war, and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia. We are counting on America," Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were due to meet at a Cold War-era air force base in Alaska on Friday to discuss a ceasefire deal for Ukraine that the US sees as a possible way to end the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two.

Trump said he would not negotiate on behalf of Ukraine in the meeting and would let Kyiv decide whether to engage in territorial swaps with Russia.

"Indeed, high stakes. The key thing is that this meeting should open up a real path towards a just peace and a substantive discussion between leaders in a trilateral format – Ukraine, the United States, and the Russian side," Zelenskiy said.

This week, Zelenskiy held a meeting with European leaders, and on Friday agreed with the French president to meet after the US-Russia summit.