COVID-19 vaccination in Turkey

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COVID-19 vaccination in Turkey
Date14 January 2021 (2021-01-14) – present
LocationTurkey
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic
TargetFull immunisation of people in Turkey against COVID-19
Participants53,024,115 people completely vaccinated (as of 9 November 2023)
Websitecovid19asi.saglik.gov.tr

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Turkey began on January 14, 2021. As of April 2nd, 2022, 57,784,362 people have received their first dose, and 52,982,877 people have been fully vaccinated. 27,648,857 people received their third dose. 63% of the total population in Turkey is fully vaccinated.

Effect of vaccine

In January 2021, new COVID-19 cases in Turkey were at 12,203. Then, in April 2021, they rose to 40,806. However, due to the vaccine rollout, cases dropped to 5,288 in July 2021.

Public perception of vaccine

Through a study done on the population of Turkey's perception of the COVID-19 vaccine, it was shown that only 62.7% of participants had a positive perception of the vaccine. Specifically, those with previous experience with COVID-19, those with bachelor's degrees or higher, and those with experience with influenza vaccines were more likely to have a positive perception of the COVID-19 vaccine. Older people were more likely to have a negative perception of the vaccine.

Vaccines on order

Vaccination center in Samsun

Turkey currently uses 4 different COVID-19 vaccines.

Vaccine Approval Deployment
Pfizer–BioNTech
Sinovac
Sputnik V
TurkoVac
BioNTech vaccination room in Turkey

Vaccination statistics

  New vaccination per day   7-day moving average

  First dose   Second dose

  First dose   Second dose

Gallery

  • Vaccines used in Turkey
  • Sinovac
    Sinovac
  • BioNTech
    BioNTech
  • Sputnik V
    Sputnik V

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "COVID-19 Aşisi Bilgilendirme Platformu" [COVID-19 Vaccine Information Platform]. Turkish Ministry of Health. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  2. ^ "Turkey begins mass COVID-19 vaccination with Sinovac's jabs". Xinhua News Agency. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ Atik, I. (2022). Performance comparison of regression learning methods: COVID-19 case prediction for turkey. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 7(1).
  4. ^ Sonmezer, M. C., Sahin, T. K., Erul, E., Ceylan, F. S., Harmurcu, M. Y., Morova, N., Al, I. R., Unal, S. (2022, February 11). Knowledge, attitudes, and perception towards COVID-19 vaccination among the adult population: A cross-sectional study in Turkey. MDPI Open Access Journals. doi:10.3390/vaccines10020278.
  5. ^ Tasdemir, Firat (2 April 2021). "1st doses of Pfizer-BioNTech jab administered in Turkey". Anadolu Agency.
  6. ^ Aydogan, Merve (30 April 2021). "Turkey OKs emergency use of Sputnik-V vaccine". Anadolu Agency.


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