Turkish firm gives air cleaners to hospitals over virus

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish construction firm Gap Insaat, a subsidiary of the conglomerate Calik Holding, supports the country's fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic by donating air purifiers to hospitals, the company said on Monday.

"As the first step, Gap Insaat started to hand over 36 devices produced for this purpose to our 32 hospitals combating COVID-19 as a token of social solidarity," said the firm on its website.

Air purifiers are able to reduce virus density indoors, helping mitigate the spread of the disease.

It added that the firm focused on developing two new products to eradicate viruses.

The firm will also donate 150 of these new devices to the hospitals, it noted.

The coronavirus death toll in Turkey reached 2,017 as of Sunday, with 86,306 cases to date.

After originating in China last December, COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus has spread to at least 185 countries and regions across the world.

The pandemic has killed over 166,200 people, with total infections exceeding 2.42 million, according to figures compiled by the U.S.’ Johns Hopkins University.