“Allegations on social media about coronavirus data ‘completely unfounded”

 

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca shared a message on his official Twitter account.

Health minister criticized social media early Monday over allegations that official data on the novel coronavirus is inaccurate.

“Claims on social media that there is an incoherency in the data we announced are completely unfounded,” Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.

“The numerical data announced is based directly on COVID-19 diagnosis data. It is instant and real-time data,” Koca said, referring to the official name of the novel coronavirus.

“It is useless to distort the facts,” he added.

As of Sunday, Turkey has 9,217 confirmed cases and the death toll stands at 131.