Grandfather's phone rings while he is sitting in the living room. The call is from his grandchildren. He opens the phone and sees his grandchildren.
-Hello.
-Hello grandpa. How are you? Are you okay?

-I'm fine thanks to Allah. I saw you, I got better.
-Dear grandpa, we have a question for you.
-Let’s see. I'm listening to you.
-My dear grandpa, our teacher asked us to ask some questions to our elders who have experienced COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, an epidemic disease. Grandpa, if you know, please tell us.
-Of course I will. The corona appeared in China in the late of 2019. With the emergence, it spread throughout the world, but at that time there was not any case of Covid-19 in Turkey. Why do you think there weren’t any cases?
-Why grandfather?
-Because my grandchildren, officials dealt with it right in our country. Turkey began to take measures; national and international flights were stopped as soon as the disease started. Therefore, we have not seen any cases for a while. But it also worked to some extent. I learned at our school that the first case was seen. After that, the cases started to increase rapidly, 1 was 6, 11 was 20, and the number of cases increased. In order to get to know COVID-19 better, our teachers provided us with information and asked us to do research as they said. Anyway, I remember the time so well, and they started teaching us on technology on March 16, we didn’t go to school anymore. I think we had five lessons on Friday and three or four lessons on other days from an application called Zoom. Days, weeks chased each other. The feast of Ramadan came, we wore our beautiful clothes, but we couldn't go anywhere because there was a curfew on the feast. Then June started. Guess what happened next? There was a serious reduction in cases. Then the number of patients decreased. Then it was all over. But, I want to tell you something. Do not think that the quarantine period is an easy thing. Why is that? Because you cannot leave the houses and this affects people psychologically. That's all I'm going to say.
-We’ve learned new and useful things thanks to you. Thank you very much.
-I thank you. See you.
-Goodbye. Take care. See you.

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