TRNC Prime Minister calls on the public to get vaccinated

TRNC Prime Minister, Faiz Sucuoğlu on Tuesday reassured the public that the country will get over the current economic crisis, further exacerbated by the Turkish Lira tumbling against foreign currencies.

Evaluating the issues on the agenda during a television program, the prime minister said the government was doing all it could to mitigate the impact of the rise in the foreign currencies but that no one had expected the value of the Turkish Lira to drop this much.

Pointing out that there was little the government could do on this issue, Sucuoğlu said they were seeking ways with the means available to ease the impact of the crisis.

Speaking on higher education and tourism, the prime minister said the sectors were slowly recovering but that both which were important contributors to the economy had suffered heavily due to the pandemic. 

Touching upon the coronavirus pandemic, he said there was an increase in the number of cases due to the arrival of winter and the new variant and that people should get vaccinated.

Noting that 85-90% of the people who lost their lives due to coronavirus were unvaccinated, Sucuoğlu said although we have enough vaccines the number of vaccinated people was not at the desired level.