Turkey wants to buy 4.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the country intends to purchase a vaccine from the American company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech in order to vaccinate the population against coronavirus. RIA Novosti reports.
He noted that in January 2021, the country intends to receive 1-1.5 million doses of the vaccine, and by the end of March – 4.5 million doses.
“Since this vaccine was developed by two ethnic Turks, we wanted to use it in Turkey from the very beginning. The problem was the responsibility of the manufacturer. During the negotiations, this issue was partially resolved,” said Koca.
According to him, Turkey's agreement to receive the supply may include up to 30 million doses of the drug.
In total, since the beginning of the pandemic, over 79 million cases have been registered, over 55.5 million people have recovered, and more than 1.7 million patients have died. More than 2.9 million people with COVID-19 have been identified in Russia. The Russian Federation was the first country in the world to register a vaccine against COVID-19. The drug was developed by NITsEM named after Gamaleya in cooperation with the Russian Direct Investment Fund. It was named Sputnik V. On October 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the registration of the second vaccine against COVID-19, which was named “EpiVacCorona”. It was developed by the Novosibirsk center “Vector”.
