Announced Whether TURKOVAC Protects Against Omicron

Developed by Erciyes University and Turkish Ministry of Health native COVID-19 vaccine TURKOVAC, had recently been approved for emergency use and started to be applied as the third dose. Yesterday, Erciyes University Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Calis explained that TURKOVAC is 100% effective against the Delta variant.

A new statement about TURKOVAC, today a Member of the Scientific Committee and President of the Turkish Vaccine Institute. prof. Dr. Fire from Kara came. Making a statement at the facility in Şanlıurfa, where the serial production of TURKOVAC is made, Kara talked about how the domestic vaccine is effective against the Omicron variant, which continues to spread rapidly all over the world and in Turkey.

“TURKOVAC provides protection against Omicron”

Stating that the Omicron variant is transmitted almost twice as fast as the Delta variant, Kara stated that studies on the effectiveness of the TURKOVAC vaccine are continuing intensively. Kara, your current results Provides protection against TURKOVAC explaining that he used the following statements:

“If we interpret and reflect on what we have obtained from other studies and data, the antibody levels we obtained appear to provide protection against Omicron. Our studies in this direction and our efforts to bring together scientific data are continuing. When we compare TURKOVAC with the data we have available, Omicron vs. It provides protection, but how long it will last, it is not possible to say now.”

Ateş Kara reminded the importance of the reminder dose with the following words:

“One of the important points is that we know that those who have been vaccinated, especially those with a reminder dose, can be protected from Omicron. In that respect, we know that the reminder dose is very important. The reminder dose application in Turkey started a little earlier than in Europe, this was an advantage, but the important point here is that people whose time comes should definitely have the reminder dose, people who have not been vaccinated should definitely be vaccinated, this epidemic stopped, Crucial for preventing the spread of Omicron and protecting from COVID-19”