First shipment of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Turkey


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First shipment of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Turkey BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkey is expecting the first shipment of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine. Clinical trials in Turkey show that the vaccine, CoronaVac, is 91.25 percent effective, according to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. The phase-3 studies of Chinese vaccine producer Sinovac's inactive virus vaccine CoronaVac were launched in Turkey on Sept. 14. No major symptoms were detected during CoronaVac's trials in Turkey. The first shipment of 3 million doses of the Chinese vaccine is expected to arrive in Turkey after the Turkish government signed an agreement for...