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Web Desk 2021-01-11 In December, Turkish authorities announced an efficacy rate of 91.25% from an interim analysis of 29 cases in a trial with 7,371 volunteers. Some 12,450 volunteers, including 1,500 health workers, are participating in phase III clinical trials. Other results have not been made public. Indonesia has conducted its own Phase III clinical trials of the vaccine with 1,620 volunteers. The results announced at Monday’s press conference indicate that the efficiency rate was 65.3%. Indonesia’s highest Islamic body, the Indonesian Ulema Council, announced last week that the COVID-19 vaccine is halal, or safe for consumption by Muslims, paving...