Coronavirus Outbreak is a Matter of Human Rights
Originating in Wuhan, the capital city of China's Hubei province, in December 2019, novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has taken hold of the whole world. The outbreak reached such an extent that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the situation that we faced a pandemic on March 11, 2020. While the total number of cases around the world is 472,762, the death toll is 21,306 as of March 26. 114,749 people have reportedly recovered from the virus across the globe. As for our country, of 2,433 confirmed cases, 59 people have unfortunately lost their lives. Coronavirus outbreak is an issue which also needs to be closely followed by the human rights movement. Our responsibility of closely following this issue is, first of all, related with the right to health. It is directly related with the fact that the right to health must be truly enforced and it must be accessible for all in addition to being free of charge and of good quality. It is of utmost importance that the right to h...