COVID-19 vaccine
Top officials get booster shots
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s top officials have received booster shots of coronavirus vaccines nearly nine months after they received their first shots in the early stages of the vaccination campaign. President Borut Pahor received his booster shot on Tuesday and Prime Minister Janez Janša on Monday, according to their social media posts. Speaker Igor Zorčič was vaccinated last week.
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Minister calls on public to help give jab drive momentum
Turkey's health minister has pleaded vaccinated people in the country's nine provinces help authorities persuade the unvaccinated to get the COVID-19 jab.
"Please contact your friends, acquaintances…to convince them to get the vaccine so that we can increase the vaccination rates in those provinces…Help overcome vaccine hesitancy," Fahrettin Koca wrote on Twitter on Nov. 14.
Vaccine hesitancy preventing reaching herd immunity, says expert
Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine refusals appear to be main stumbling blocks in achieving herd immunity, an expert has said.
Some 8.6 million people skip second, third doses of COVID jabs, says minister
Around 8.6 million people in Turkey have skipped their second and third doses of the vaccines against COVID-19, the country's health minister has said.
"You need to get your shots on time if we are to benefit more from power of the vaccinations," Fahrettin Koca wrote on Twitter on Nov. 11, urging people to stick to the vaccination program.
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With the approval of a contract in Brussels, the vaccine of the European manufacturer Valneva against coronavirus regained the attention that these products initially received, and the company's shares rose.
Turkey opens up booster shots for everyone above 18
Turkey will start administering booster shots for citizens aged 18 and older beginning Thursday, the country's Health Minister said on Nov. 10.
Anyone older than 18 years of age who were administered an mRNA vaccine at least six months ago can receive "reminder shots," Fahrettin Koca said.
Turkey to give booster shots to all adults: Minister
Turkey will offer booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine to all its citizens aged 18 and older starting on Nov. 11, the country's Health Minister has announced.
Speaking after the Health Ministry's Science Board meeting held on Nov. 11, Fahrettin Koca reminded that the country was already giving the third dose of the vaccine to those who are aged above 60.
Pfizer Wants Permission in the United States for Booster Doses for Anyone over 18
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to allow the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine for anyone over 18 years of age.
The argument is that more protection is needed and that there is a danger of increasing the spread of the virus with holiday trips and gatherings.
Isolation conditions must be strictly followed: Minister
Turkey's health minister has reminded citizens once again that isolation conditions must be strictly followed, as authorities fight against the spread of the pandemic with the social distancing rules imposed and vaccination campaigns implemented.
Minister calls on citizens to get jabbed
Turkey's health minister has urged citizens to get their shots against COVID-19 to keep the pandemic under control, as the vaccination rate has not yet reached 75 percent in some provinces.
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