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Pfizer and BioNTech announced on July 8 they would seek authorization for a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine to boost its efficacy, as the Delta variant drove devastating outbreaks in Asia and Africa and cases rose again in Europe and the United States.

Turkey has begun to administer its national COVID-19 vaccine candidate, TURKOVAC, on volunteers in Istanbul as part of Phase 3 trials.

Jointly developed by the Health Ministry, Health Institutes of Turkey (TUSEB) and Erciyes University, the national inactive candidate vaccine is being administered at the Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital ahead of wider use.

A woman receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: EPA-EFE/ANTONIO BAT.

Following the signing of the contract for direct procurement of 500,000 doses with Chinese vaccine Sinopharm on June 10, BIRN BiH journalists filed a request for free access to information, seeking a copy of the contract.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday repeated his appeal for a global vaccination plan to boost vaccine equity as deaths from COVID-19 topped 4 million worldwide.

The anti-COVID vaccine also offers protection against the Delta variant, and without increasing the vaccination rate it will be very difficult to avoid later an increase in the number of SARS-CoV-2 virus infections, the head of the National Committee for the Coordination of Vaccination Activities against COVID-19, Valeriu Gheorghita, stated on Wednesday.

Ljubljana – Health Minister Janez Poklukar indicated on Tuesday Slovenia would put any further easing of restrictions on hold over concerns that the delta variant of the novel coronavirus could lead to a renewed surge in infections.

281 people were hospitalized, 11 of them are on a respirator.
So far, 716.983 coronavirus positive cases have been registered in Serbia out of 4.450.741 tested.
As a result of the infection, 7.059 patients died, and the mortality rate was 0.98.

Turkey has administered over 52.34 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January, according to official figures released on July 3.

More than 35.78 million people have received their first doses, while over 15.58 million have been fully vaccinated, the Health Ministry said.

Turkey has administered over 50.75 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January, according to official figures released on July 1. 

More than 35.15 million people have received their first doses, while over 15.25 million have been fully vaccinated, the Health Ministry said.

78 are the new cases of coronavirus, with more than 13 thousand tests performed. 179 people remain for treatment in the intensive care unit. There are 12 deaths in the last 24 hours.