Turkey could start Chinese Covid-19 vaccination this month

ISTANBUL (REUTERS) – Turkey could start administering China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the month after analysis for domestic licensing is complete, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca was Quote: d on Tuesday (Dec 8) as saying by Sozcu newspaper. Dr Koca said shipments of Sinovac’s Coronavac vaccine will arrive after Dec 11. The vaccine, which has been undergoing Phase 3 trials in Turkey and other countries, will need another two weeks of testing and analysis, the paper said. In November, Turkey signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of Coronavac , to be delivered in batches between December…