Turkey puts 39 residential areas under quarantine against coronavirus

• In the latest measures to curb the spread of the virus, Turkey halted inter-city trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday.
• President Tayyip Erdogan is expected to address the nation on Monday following a video conference meeting with his cabinet of ministers.

Quarantines are underway in one town, six neighbourhoods, 28 villages and four hamlets, the interior ministry said in a statement after Turkey's official number of confirmed cases leapt by 1,815 to 9,217.

In the latest measures to curb the spread of the virus, Turkey halted inter-city trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday.

The main opposition has called for a stay-at-home order.

President Tayyip Erdogan is expected to address the nation on Monday following a video conference meeting with his cabinet of ministers.