COVID-19 VACCINATION UPDATES
Over a million vaccine shots given in Turkey in 24 hours
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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 28, 1 million 35 thousand 851 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, either Sinovac or Pfizer-BioNTech, were administered in Turkey in 24 hours.
While the number of people who received the first dose was 33 million 358 thousand 488 in total, the number of people who received both doses was 14 million 952 thousand 476 in total. The total number of vaccine doses administered thus far was 48 million 310 thousand 964.
Since Friday (June 25), the COVID-19 vaccination appointment system has been open for people aged 18 and over.
'Rate of decrease has slowed down'
Health Minister Koca announced the number of weekly coronavirus cases per 100 thousand people by provinces yesterday (June 28).
According to this, the weekly number of COVID-19 cases was 54.30 in İstanbul, 83.4 in Ankara and 27.40 in İzmir in the week of June 19-25, 2021. The provinces which saw the highest decrease in their weekly case numbers were Bolu, Kastamonu, Muş, Yozgat and Tokat.
While the lowest number of COVID-19 cases was seen in Osmaniye, Adıyaman, Hatay, Adana and Edirne provinces, the highest number of weekly cases per 100 thousand people was witnessed in the provinces of Ağrı, Eskişehir, Kütahya, Bitlis and Rize.
The weekly numbers of COVID-19 cases per 100 thousand people were as follows by provinces in the week of June 19-25, 2021:
Ağrı 136.52, Eskişehir 112.85, Kütahya 102.8, Bitlis 96.58, Rize 95.54, Erzurum 95.22, Kırıkkale 89.7, Ankara 83.64, Sivas 78.32, Bolu 74.65, Kayseri 74.5, Ardahan 72.79, Isparta 69.04, Çorum 68.85, Kars 67.39, Gümüşhane 67.04, Kırşehir 65.83, Van 65.25, Sakarya 63.78, Artvin 59, Düzce 57.12, Tokat 56.87, Zonguldak 55.99, Diyarbakır 55.34, Hakkari 54.9, Trabzon 54.44, İstanbul 54.3, Erzincan 52.89, Yalova 52.89, Kocaeli 51.97, Denizli 51.01, Siirt 50.44, Mardin 48.55, Kastamonu 47.82, Bilecik 46.64, Konya 46.44, Burdur 46.05, Çankırı 45.21, Bartın 44.23, Bayburt 43.95, Malatya 43.29, Elazığ 43.2, Bursa 43.14, Ordu 42.95, Yozgat 42.23, Afyonkarahisar 41.52, Niğde 41.15, Nevşehir 40.66, Tekirdağ 37.74, Muş 37.46, Batman 37.08, Bingöl 35.14, Balıkesir 34.91, Samsun 34.36, Karabük 33.66, Antalya 32.96, Uşak 32.21, Giresun 31.87, Kırklareli 31.79, Manisa 30.75, Aksaray 30.73, Amasya 28.61, İzmir 27.4, Şırnak 26.78, Karaman 26.68, Çanakkale 26.41, Şanlıurfa 25.53, Gaziantep 25.08, Tunceli 22.77, Muğla 21.48, Sinop 20.33, Mersin 18.3, Iğdır 17.39, Aydın 14.57, Kahramanmaraş 14.55, Kilis 14.01, Edirne 11.28, Adana 9.61, Hatay 6.99, Adıyaman 6.96, Osmaniye 4.92.
Sharing a brief message on Twitter, Fahrettin Koca said, "Even though the rate of increase in the number of cases has slowed down, this situation is not an obstacle to normalization. Vaccination is a must to return to the days with no concerns. Let's get vaccinated."
'60-70 million must receive both doses'
On the other side, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has underlined that the critical threshold to stop the outbreak is 75 percent. That is, 75 percent of the population or at least 60-70 million should be vaccinated with both doses to stop the COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey.
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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), 2,660,756,547 doses of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines were administered across the world as of June 27, 2021.
Vaccine doses administered in TurkeyJune 28: The number of people who received the 1st dose: 33,358,488, The number of people who received the 2nd dose: 14,952,476, The total number of vaccine doses: 48,310,964 |
(KÖ/SD)