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under managed quarantine,” the e-mail read.
Those employees violating the decision of the Public Hygiene Board stand to be fined Turkish lira (TRY) 3,150 ($460). They would be brought to the factory by law enforcement officers, the communication also said.
Dardanel informed workers that all accommodation, food and service costs would be covered by the company for two weeks. It urged employees to bring personal belongings, such as clothes and towels, to their work digs.
A worker currently working at Dardanel under quarantine told local news portal sol Haber on July 29 that one worker had just learnt the result of his COVID-19 test and he was positive.
Around 1,000 workers were present at the Dardanel plant under quarantine, according to local media reports.
Founded in 1984, Dardanel was Turkey’s first canned tuna fish producer. From the 1990s, its product range expanded from “Dardanel Ton” canned tuna to other canned foods and ready-made sandwiches. It has been listed on the Borsa Istanbul since 1994.
The company reported sales worth TRY211mn for Q1, up 91% y/y. Net profit was TRY64mn.
Dardanel CEO Mehmet Onen said in April that the company’s sales tripled during the pandemic period, driving the company to increase production capacity by 50% and expand the workforce 30%.
The Turkish government has appeared determined to act as if everything is pretty much normal despite the spread of the coronavirus, but Turkey’s top medical association TTB and related bodies have issued warnings that there is no evidence that even the first wave of the virus outbreak in the country has been defeated.
Medical bodies pinpoint June 1, a day on which in their eyes Turkey lifted COVID-19 restrictions largely for the sake of economic revival, as a critical date. After June 1, the state shifted its focus from the fight against the pandemic, with the government leaving it to citizens to take personal responsibility for adopting measures that shield against the virus.
Official data on COVID-19 cases worldwide are available on the Johns Hopkins University’s website, but the statistics fed into it are subject to some disbelief. For instance, it shows that there are more COVID-19 infections in Qatar than in China. The data flowing from the Turkish government, meanwhile, prompts a good deal of derision. Some of its ratios never change.
10​ TURKEY Country Report​ August 2020 ​ ​www.intellinews.com