Turkey will overcome the coronavirus outbreak in two to three weeks through good measures, with as little damage as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.

The coronavirus-related deaths in the U.S. topped 800 on Wednesday, while the number of cases reached over 55,200, according to latest figures by Johns Hopkins University. The figures put the U.S. in the top three countries worldwide with the most infection cases, after Italy and China. New York City and the northwestern state of Washington – where the country's first case was reported in late January – are the hardest hit with 192 and 128 fatalities, respectively. In all, 354 people diagnosed w...

Hearing impaired Mesut Yildirim in Turkey's southwestern Mugla province urge people to 'stay home' by using sign language on his videos to fight against coronavirus outbreak on March 25, 2020.

Various shots from nearly empty Istiklal Street after authorities urging people to stay home as part of coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions on March 25, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkey donates 18,000 protective masks to Iraq to help precautions against coronavirus in the country on March 25, 2020. Fatih Yildiz, Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad, speaks to the press.

An Italian priest mistakenly switched on Facebook Live filters when he began live-streaming mass amid the country's lockdown due to the novel coronavirus.

A British vicar got more than he expected from his first attempt at an online sermon when he leaned too close to a candle on a cross and his sweater caught fire.

The Islamic call to prayer was recited from mosques in an attempt to motivate the community against the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Turkey's Şanlıurfa province on March 24, 2020.

A little girl on the streets of Iraqi capital Baghdad is continuing her ballet practices on her own as the classes were cancelled to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The six-year-old Leyan Karam dances in her pink dress also wearing a face mask and gloves as a precaution against the virus. 'Now, I have no classes but I do ballet at home or on the streets, because I love it,' she says. Her country shut down schools and universities last week for at least 10 days and banned travel to ...

A 30-year old Chinese father living in Shanghai designed a “portable protective capsule” to protect his baby against the novel coronavirus. He said the capsule was equipped with an air filter that transmits clean air, a monitor showing the carbon dioxide density and temperature inside, and a sterile glove that allows parents to touch their babies without actual contact.

A crude youth in Turkey insulted and abused an 80-year-old man by forcing him to wear a face mask and poured cologne over his head amid fears of a coronavirus spread. M.T.E. was with his friends when he pretended to be a police officer and recorded their assault of the old man, uploading it onto social media. 'We found one of the infected,' says one of the perpetrators in the video.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited on Tuesday patients receiving treatment for coronavirus in a hospital in Moscow. He toured the facility, including the wards, wearing a special protective suit. Putin thanked the hospital's head physician, Denis Protsenko, on how things were progressing, saying it operated 'like clockwork, a well-oiled machine.'

Some 188 students from Italy's Milan Malpensa Airport landed at Samsun Carsamba Airport in Samsun province on a Turkish Airlines flight onMarch 25, 2020. All evacuees were referred to dormitories in Samsun province. They will be placed in quarantine for 14 days as part of Turkey's coronavirus quarantine measures. Turkey evacuated hundreds of its citizens early Wednesday from seven countries where it has suspended international flights due to the novel coronavirus. “We have completed the evacuati...

Various shots from Turkish drillship Fatih departs from Tasucu port at Turkey's southern coastal Mersin province on March 24, 2020

A clearly unhappy Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said people defying advice to isolate themselves to fight a coronavirus outbreak should 'go home and stay home' or face sanctions.

Many bizarre click-bait content and challenges have been circulating on social media platforms since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. This viral video, which was allegedly filmed in the U.S., is one of them. In the footage, a man is seen licking supermarket products and saying: 'Who is scared of coronavirus?'

Beijing Zoo officially reopened on Monday after its weeks-long closure as China has started to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Police officers in eastern Turkey's Kars province have went out to shop for the city's elderly people as the country have imposed curfew for people over age 65. After this announcement, Kars Governership has created Loyal Support Team for elderly people. They can call 112, 155 and 156 numbers to ask for what they need. Officers from the Kars Police Deparment, Gendarmeries and 112 Emergency Health workers do the shopping for those, who have to stay at home as a measure against the spread of coron...

Turkish security forces seized ammunition belonging to the YPG/PKK terror group during anti-terrorist operations in eastern Turkey, local officials said on Monday. Acting on a tip, the provincial gendarmerie command seized a total of 60 kilograms (over 132 pounds) of improvised explosives in the Bitlis province, the governorship said in a statement. The explosives were later destroyed at the direction of the public prosecutor, the statement added.

Various shots after Turkey evacuates a total of 305 students from Republic of Ireland and taken into quarantine in a dormitory in central Sivas province on March 23, 2020 amid coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak across the Europe.