Turkey imports additional 3.5 million doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine... Vaccinations to start from the 14th

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Turkey has imported additional doses of the Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine.

According to Turkish state media on the 29th (local time), a Turkish Airlines cargo plane carrying 3.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac landed at Istanbul Airport that morning.

The vaccines arriving this time are part of the 10 million doses from the second contract. Previously, the Turkish government received 6.5 million doses on the 25th. Last month, the first batch of 3 million doses was delivered.

The Turkish government began the first round of vaccinations on the 14th. The plan is to vaccinate in four phases, starting with high-risk groups such as healthcare workers and the elderly. According to 'Our World in Data,' operated by the University of Oxford in the UK, approximately 1.7 million people in Turkey have been vaccinated.

Meanwhile, amid lingering concerns about the Chinese-made vaccine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Health Minister Fahrettin Koca publicly received the vaccine to alleviate public anxiety.

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