Turkey says delivery of Sinovac vaccines postponed due to COVID-19 case in Beijing customs

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Messenger Messenger WhatsApp Telegram © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Media tour at Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing ANKARA (Reuters) – The delivery of the first shipment of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine from China to Turkey has been postponed “1-2 days” due to a case of the coronavirus in Beijing customs, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Sunday. Turkey has agreed to purchase 50 million doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac and was expecting the first delivery of 3 million doses on Monday. It will also procure 4.5 million doses of the vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pifzer, with an option to...