Turkey starts booster jabs for mRNA vaccine recipients

Photo: AA

Click to read the article in Turkish

Turkey has started giving booster coronavirus vaccine shots to those who received two doses of mRNA vaccines, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced.

The decision was made at an online meeting of the ministry's Scientific Advisory Board yesterday (November 4), Koca said in a written statement after the meeting.

People in risk groups who received their second doses six months ago would be eligible to receive booster shots as of today, according to the statement.

The risk groups are determined as people over 60 years of age, people who are aged between 18-60 and have chronic diseases, health workers and employees in high-risk occupations.

Turkey has been giving BioNTech booster jabs for those who previously received the inactivated CoronaVac vaccine.

Turkey has so far administered more than 116 million vaccine shots, with over 78 percent of the country's adult population having received at least two doses. (AS/VK)