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In the final installment of our ER diaries, a nurse at a hospital in California reflects on medical unit getting used to a new normal under Covid-19:
Yes, the Covid disaster tent in our hospital – that giant eyesore – is packed up and stored for the summer. The waiting rooms are filling up more regularly. As more and more departments open up, eerily quiet halls have a buzz about them again. And yet coronavirus is everywhere, and I’m starting to wonder if it will ever leave.
Related: The Covid disaster tent in our hospital is packed up yet the virus remains everywhere
Two weeks after lifting most restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19, Turkey is facing a sharp increase in the number of new infections, raising fears of a second wave of the virus.
The number of new cases on Monday reached 1,592, and the daily rate has increased by more than 1,000 for the last four days. In total Turkey has recorded a total of 178,831 infections and 4,825 deaths.
