COVID-19 vaccination in Africa

Turkey is planning to start administering a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in July while hoping to fully inoculate 70 percent of the population by the end of September.

Turkey administered over 7.77 million doses, including first and second shots, of COVID-19 vaccines in the last seven days, according to official figures released on June 20.

In total, the country has given over 41.48 million doses since it launched a mass inoculation drive in mid-January.

Turkey has administered more than 1.53 million coronavirus vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the country's health minister announced on June 19. 

"The number of vaccine doses have been shot until midnight is 1.53 million doses," Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.

Turkey has administered over 1.58 million shots of COVID-19 vaccines in the last 24 hours, the country's health minister announced on June 17. 

"Today, the 1.5 millionth dose of vaccine was administered at 09.43 p.m. Our vaccination squads delivered 82,232 vaccine doses in over two hours," Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.

Turkey administered more than 1.41 million coronavirus vaccine doses in the past 24 hours, breaking Tuesday's record, the country's health minister said on June 16. 

"As of midnight, 47,314 healthcare workers administered over 1.41 million vaccine jabs at 18,584 health centers," Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.

The "acute" phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey is nearing an end, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said as the country broke yet another record in the number of daily vaccines administered.

The daily virus cases have declined sharply over the past weeks, easing from more than 60,000 in mid-April to around 6,000 lately.

The "acute" phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey is nearing an end, the health minister announced on June 15. 


In a statement, Fahrettin Koca said he held a virtual meeting with Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director for Europe.

Turkey administered over 842,000 coronavirus vaccine doses on June 14, according to the country's health minister.

Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that 842,494 vaccines were administered Monday, adding, "We have administered 92,494 more doses than our target."

A record number of 750,000 people in Turkey have made appointments for June 14 to receive a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine as nearly 25 percent of the country's population have already been given their first dose of the coronavirus jab.

Turkey has accelerated its vaccination drive against COVID-19 in terms of both the scope of the jab program and the speed of inoculations while the number of injections administered exceeded 33 million doses.

Yesterday, the vaccine eligibility rate was further lowered to cover those aged 40 and above.