COVID-19 VACCINATION UPDATES
Daily number of administered vaccine doses drops below 900 thousand
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Since January 26, 2021, the Health Ministry of Turkey has been sharing the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered across the country on a provisional basis with a regularly updated map.
According to the data shared by the Ministry, as of 7.45 p.m. on June 24, 817 thousand 934 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, either that of Sinovac or Pfizer-BioNTech, were administered in Turkey in 24 hours.
While the number of people who received the first dose was 30 million 658 thousand 253 in total, the number of people who received both doses was 14 million 710 thousand 55 in total. The total number of vaccine doses administered thus far was 45 million 368 thousand 308.
People aged 18, over can get an appointment
As Turkey has lowered the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility age to 18, the people aged 18 and over can get a COVID-19 vaccination appointment as of today (June 25), the Health Ministry has announced.
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Vaccination began in Turkey on January 13
The first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in Turkey on January 13, 2021 and Health Minister Fahrettin Koca was the first person to receive the vaccine in Turkey. To date, Turkey has been giving the Sinovac and BioNTech jabs, and signed an agreement for the Sputnik V vaccine.
Over 2.6 billion doses in the world
According to the figures shared by the World Health Organization (WHO), 2,624,733,776 doses of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines were administered across the world as of June 23, 2021.
Vaccine doses administered in TurkeyJune 24: The number of people who received the 1st dose: 30,658,253, The number of people who received the 2nd dose: 14,710,055, The total number of vaccine doses: 45,368,308 |
(KÖ/SD)