A man watches health minister Fahrettin Koca onTV in a traditional Turkish tavern Istanbul, Turkey, 16 March 2020. Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that they identified 12 new cases of the coronavirus on 16 March, bringing its total to 97, marking the highest daily rise since the country announced its first case last week. Turkey decided to close public places like restaurant, cafes, bars, internet cafes, wedding halls, night clubs because of concerns of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 . Photo by Tolga Sezgin/NARphotos/ABACAPRESS.COM