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State of Health Turkey expects to start coronavirus vaccination in December
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 25 Nov 2020, 04:19 am Print
Turkey Vaccination Ankara/Sputnik: Turkey expects to begin vaccination against the coronavirus in December, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
According to the Turkish Health Ministry, Ankara wants to buy 10 million doses of vaccine from the Chinese company SinoVac.
"We are closely following the development of vaccines in Russia, China, the United States, other countries, and have already made a preliminary order. We hope that we can start using the vaccine as soon as next month," Erdogan told the Turkish parliament.
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