Three brothers die of COVID-19 in a month
SAMSUN-Anadolu Agency
Three brothers from a single family lost their lives to COVID-19 in the course of a month in Turkey's Black Sea province of Samsun.
Selman Emirhan, a 33-year-old primary schoolteacher and father of two, lost his fight against the disease at the intensive care unit of a state hospital in Vezirköprü district on Jan. 10.
His death came after his brothers Kenan Emirhan and Necati Emirhan died of the novel disease.
While Kenan, 40, a shopkeeper in Çarsamba district passed away nearly a month ago; Necati, a doctor working at a private hospital in Bafra district, was buried on Saturday.
Turkey's caseload has crossed 2.3 million, including 22,631 deaths and more than 2.1 million recoveries.