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Turkey's COVID-19 Deaths Hit Record for Ninth Consecutive Day

Drone footage reveals deserted Taksim Square is seen at the popular touristic neighborhood of Beyoglu during a nation-wide weekday curfew to combat the spread of COVID-19 as the country's daily death toll hit a record high for a ninth consecutive day in Istanbul, Turkey, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan
Drone footage reveals deserted Taksim Square is seen at the popular touristic neighborhood of Beyoglu during a nation-wide weekday curfew to combat the spread of COVID-19 as the country's daily death toll hit a record high for a ninth consecutive day in Istanbul, Turkey, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan
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Turkey's COVID-19 Deaths Hit Record for Ninth Consecutive Day

Drone footage reveals deserted Taksim Square is seen at the popular touristic neighborhood of Beyoglu during a nation-wide weekday curfew to combat the spread of COVID-19 as the country's daily death toll hit a record high for a ninth consecutive day in Istanbul, Turkey, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan
Drone footage reveals deserted Taksim Square is seen at the popular touristic neighborhood of Beyoglu during a nation-wide weekday curfew to combat the spread of COVID-19 as the country's daily death toll hit a record high for a ninth consecutive day in Istanbul, Turkey, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan

Turkey’s daily COVID-19 death toll hit a record high for a ninth consecutive day on Tuesday, with 190 fatalities in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed.

The rise in deaths came as Turks braced for new restrictive measures to curb the spread of the pandemic.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced new measures earlier on Monday to combat the surge in cases and deaths.

According to Reuters, the new measures include introducing a weekday curfew and a full lockdown during weekends.

The number of new virus cases, including asymptomatic ones, recorded over the past 24 hours stood at 30,110.

Total deaths rose to 13,936, but historical data on total cases is not available, as Turkey only reported symptomatic cases for four months. It began reporting all cases last Wednesday.

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Germany has charged a Syrian national with supporting a foreign terrorist organization for helping to plan a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year, the prosecutor general said in a statement on Friday.

Identified as Mohammad A, the suspect helped the would-be attacker by translating Arabic bomb-building instructions and putting him in contact with a member of ISIS online, according to the charges against him.

Swift's three concerts in Vienna last August were cancelled after the government confirmed a planned attack at the stadium.

Police had been expecting around 65,000 attendees at each show, as well as up to 15,000 people outside the stadium without tickets, which fed security concerns.

The shows were to be part of the record-breaking Eras Tour by the American singer-songwriter.