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)[1]
Websitecovid19asi.saglik.gov.tr

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Turkey began on January 14, 2021.[2] As of April 2nd, 2022, 57,784,362 people have received their first dose, and 52,982,877 people have been fully vaccinated.[1] 27,648,857 people received their third dose.[1] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Vaccines on order

Vaccination center in Samsun

Turkey currently uses 4 different COVID-19 vaccines.[5][6]

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.