Turkey aims to vaccinate 50 million by fall, health minister says

Turkey, a country of 89 million people, has so far administered more than 10.5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
A man waits to receive the COVID-19 vaccine the at Ankara City Hospital in Ankara on March 1, 2021. - The country started mass COVID-19 vaccination on January 14, after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine. More than 8,857,445 people have been vaccinated so far. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)
A man waits to receive the COVID-19 vaccine the at Ankara City Hospital in Ankara on March 1, 2021. - ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images
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Al-Monitor Staff

Turkey is on track to provide COVID-19 vaccines to 50 million people by the fall, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Thursday, the one-year anniversary of Turkey’s first-recorded coronavirus case. 

“Turkey is among the fastest acting in the race for vaccine supplies,” Koca said in a televised statement. “If we can vaccinate 50 million of our population before autumn as we plan, the pandemic will no longer be a heavy burden for us.” 

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