Turkiye begins administering its landmark domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine Turkovac at hospitals across the country
Turkiye has begun administering its domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine, Turkovac, at hospitals across the country.It was developed in collaboration with Erciyes University in the Kayseri province and the Health Ministry's Health Institutes of Turkiye .
Daily coronavirus cases jumped beyond 30,000 this week for the first time since October. New infections surged 30 percent on Monday and jumped further to beyond 36,000 on Wednesday, the highest daily figure since April 29.Turkiye announced last week that the indigenous Turkovac vaccine had been authorised for emergency use.Mehmet Ali Kizildag, whose first vaccination was Turkovac, said he was looking forward to getting the indigenous vaccine.
Omer Lutfi Kiziloglak, 56, who chose Turkovac as a booster shot after getting two doses of the BioNTech vaccine, said he had been waiting for the indigenous vaccine for a long time.
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