Erdogan says Turkey expects more "serious" amount of vaccines from Moscow
Turkey has enough doses of COVID-19 vaccine at the moment and will not have issues with procurement, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, adding he would discuss more supplies with Russian and Chinese leaders, Reuters reported. Speaking two days after his health minister warned that vaccines would be more scarce in the next two months, Erdogan said Turkey expected to receive a "serious" amount of vaccines from Moscow and Beijing.
It is noted that Turkey has so far been using vaccines developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd and by Pfizer and BioNTech. It has carried out nearly 23 million inoculations, with 13.7 million people, or 16% of the population, having received at least one dose.
As reported earlier, Turkey had approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use in the republic, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) reported, become the 63rd country to approve the use of Russian vaccine.