Table 3.

Timeline of COVID-19 and major implementations in Turkey.

31 December 2019	Pneumonia cases with unknown etiology were reported from Wuhan.
1 January 2020	Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan was closed.
6 January 2020	Operations Center for COVID-19 was established by the General Directorate of Public Health in Ministry of Health.
7 January 2020	Novel coronavirus was declared as the cause of the outbreak
10 January 2020	Coronavirus Science Board, The COVID-19 Advisory Committee of Turkey convened and held its first meeting.
14 January2020	The 2019-nCoV Disease Guideline was published by the suggestions of the Scientific Board
30 January 2020	WHO declared the outbreak as a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”.Turkish Airlines cancelled flights to and from China.
1 February 2020	Turkish citizens were evacuated from China and isolated for 14 days
2 February 2020	Turkey cancelled all flights to China and started to screen all passengers for the fever and respiratory symptom
23 February	2020 Turkey closed Turkey-Iran border gates with Iran and banned flights to and from Iran.
10 March 2020	The first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported.
12 March 2020	Turkey closed schools and universities starting from 16 March.
16 March 2020	Turkey banned in-person visits and family interviews in prisons.
24 March 2020	Turkey restricted going out and traveling by public transport of people who are older than 65 years and people with immune system deficiency or chronic disease.
3 April 2020	Turkey implemented the curfew for people under the age of 20
9 April 2020	Turkey declared a curfew that applies to all citizens except for health-care workers and security workers for weekends