CoronaVac

Turkey may take additional virus measures, says Erdoğan

Turkey may take additional measures to bring the COVID-19 outbreak under control, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said as the country has seen a spike in the number of virus cases over the past weeks.

"We have to introduce those measures in line with the steps the Health Ministry has taken and we will continue to do so," Erdoğan told reporters in Istanbul on Nov. 27.

Turkey inks contract for 50 million doses of Chinese vaccine

Turkey has signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said.

Turkey has a deal for 50 million doses of China's Sinovac vaccine that will be delivered in December, January, and February, according to the minister.

Chinese virus vaccine on its way to Turkey, says health minister

A contract has been signed to buy a Chinese vaccine developed against COVID-19 and 10 million doses of the injection are already on their way to Turkey, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said.

Talks with Sinovac, the Chinese developer of the vaccine, and necessary legal procedures have been concluded, Koca told daily Hürriyet.

Thousands of people already volunteer for Chinese virus vaccine

Thousands of citizens have already applied to take part in the tests for a candidate COVID-19 vaccine being developed by China, the country's health minister has said.

The officials on Nov. 20 announced that applications from ordinary citizens would be collected from citizens for the Chinese jab, whose phase three trials on volunteer health workers began in mid-September in Turkey.

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