Thu Jan 6, 2022 – 12:09 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Turkish officials hope that a fifth dose of the COVID shot produced inside the country will help convince skeptics of the efficacy and safety of the jab.
“With the introduction of locally produced Turkovac, the country is sure to overcome vaccine hesitancy and hopes to convince anti-vaxxers,” the Daily Sabah reported. The news site is linked to the Turkish government.
“In a televised interview, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan underlined that the local vaccine is also sure to eliminate any hesitancy among the Turkish public that may have arisen due to widespread conspiracy theories and anti-vaxxer propaganda as the country has neared 130 million total jabs administered,” the news site reported.
The administration is hoping that after telling residents to get four different shots, two Pfizer BioNTech jabs and two doses of the Chinese Sinovac, the fifth time will be the charm.
“Turkovac, a domestically developed inactive COVID-19 vaccine, is finally available to the public after receiving emergency use approval,” the Daily Sabah reported on December 31. On [December 30], city hospitals became the first venues for inoculation with Turkovac, and the vaccination program with the local jab is expected to
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