On Thursday, November 4, booster vaccination against coronavirus with Pfizer Inc / BioNTech began in Turkey. Citizens will be given a third vaccination.
The revaccination began with the elderly, people with chronic illnesses, healthcare workers and those working in other high-risk positions, reports Reuters… Two doses of the coronavirus vaccine in Turkey have already been received by 59% of the population.
The authorities want to increase this figure to 70% in order to achieve herd immunity. In addition, more than 11.2 million people have already administered the third dose of the drug in the country. This is the Chinese vaccine Sinovac. According to officials, its effectiveness is falling faster.
Note that the daily number of infected people in Turkey since mid-September is about 30 thousand, while the daily death toll, which peaked at 290 in September, still exceeds 200. The government attributed the high infection rate and death rate to the low vaccination rate.
As reported OBOZREVATEL Earlier, Turkey reported 27 802 new cases of coronavirus on September 14. it is the biggest indicator from May 4, 2021.
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