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Turkey records big increase in COVID-19 cases

Turkey has relatively high rates of vaccination, and authorities are now pushing people to take booster doses.
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Turkey reported a substantial jump in COVID-19 cases last night. 

Turkish Health Minister Dr. Fahrettin Koca said in a release that there were 26,099 coronavirus cases recorded on Dec. 27. This constitutes a more than 20% jump from the 20,138 cases reported on Dec. 26. Koca said the increase is at least in part due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. 

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