Turkish healthcare workers do penguin dance to cheer up coronavirus patients

Turkish healthcare workers did the penguin dance to cheer up patients receiving treatment for coronavirus in a private hospital in the eastern province of Malatya. Doctor Zercan Kalı from the hospital shared the video, saying "These difficult days will pass. Let's keep our spirits high and abide by the measures."

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Turkish healthcare workers did the penguin dance to cheer up patients receiving treatment for coronavirus in a private hospital in the eastern province of Malatya.

Doctor Zercan Kalı from the hospital shared the video of the healthcare professionals dancing in medical gear in the intensive care section, which received praise on social media.

"These difficult days will pass. Let's keep our spirits high and abide by the measures," Kalı said.

Turkey’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 73 to total 574 and new confirmed cases rose by 3,135 to bring the country’s total to 27,069 on April 5, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter. He added that 20,065 tests for the COVID-19 disease had been performed in Turkey in the last 24 hours.