Turkovac Announced To Be At Least As Effective As Sinovac

One of the issues that Turkey has been talking about for a long time on the agenda of the fight against coronavirus is the domestic coronavirus vaccine. Turkovac. While Turkovac, which has a similar structure to Sinovac, the inactivated coronavirus vaccine produced in China, is thought to be more interested by the citizens due to its production method, an important statement was made about this vaccine. The name who made the statement, who left the Turkovac team a while ago prof. Dr. Murat Akovawas ‘.

Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Infectious Diseases Specialist Prof. Dr. In the statements made by Murat Akova, there is a general relationship between Turkovac and Sinovac. comparison done. Increasing the hope of people with his statements, Prof. Dr. Akova stated that Turkovac will be at least as effective as Sinovac. The scientist stated that there is no vaccine in the domestic vaccine, whose phase-3 studies are ongoing. no side effects reminded once again.

Here are the statements of the scientist who left the Turkovac team on the subject

If it is shown to be as effective as the Sinovac vaccine, if it proves to be no less effective, then of course the Turkovac vaccine will be approved. Then it will go into the production phase. It is not easy to produce inactivated vaccines. These troublesome works. You are dealing with a large amount of viruses. The most important step here is the conclusion of this scientific study in favor of the vaccine. is successful is to be shown. If the desired level of volunteers is reached, the study may be completed in a shorter time.

The Turkovac vaccine can best be compared as follows; It is a vaccine equivalent to the Sinovac vaccine, which is widely used in Turkey. by the same method getting ready. Virus isolated from a patient in China in the Sinovac vaccine. Here’s a virus from our own patients. But this virus is the original virus that has never mutated before. The original virus that emerged in Wuhan when the first outbreak started. That’s the virus in the Turkovac vaccine. The Turkovac vaccine inactive a vaccine. Inactivated vaccines have the following features; they initially produce a smaller amount of antibodies than mRNA vaccines, such as the Biontech vaccine. But it is more common against different parts of the virus. antibody they produce. Generally, the effects of these vaccines are short-lived. As we have seen in Sinovac, 3-4 months after the second dose, the antibody level in the blood decreases and a new reminding dose may be needed. All of the things said about the Sinovac vaccine are probably the same for the Turkovac vaccine in terms of its preparation, effect, and duration of the effect. I expect similar results will occur. Turkovac vaccine It will be as effective as the Sinovac vaccine. I’m guessing.

In addition, in Sinovac, the antibody decreases after a while, but it still maintains its protection. Now the same situation can be expected for the Turkovac vaccine. In fact, this scientific study result It is also important in this respect because the virus that is dominant in Turkey at the moment is the Delta variant. Therefore, both vaccines Sinovac and Turkovac vaccines Against the Delta variant If it is shown to be protective, we can conclude that it will be successful. Of course, we have to wait for that result.

Currently, there are studies carried out in different countries of the world. One of them Pfizer/BionTech A study of the company’s application of vaccines to children aged 5-12 years. Not yet published, that data has been submitted to the American Health Authority. We did not see the results. It is possible to reach a more precise judgment on this issue after being published in a scientific journal and published in a scientific journal and passed through the referee’s criticism. The preliminary impression is that in this age group, the vaccine seems to be effective and there is no serious problem in terms of safety and side effects, of course, short-term follow-up within the follow-up period. If this is proven, there are studies with similar vaccines, for example in China. In studies there, the age of vaccination We see it go down to 2 years old. If these are scientifically proven, passed through the criticism of other scientists and accepted as correct, then it seems that we will soon be able to see that the vaccination age has decreased to 2 years old. If the vaccination age drops further and becomes widespread in the community, then in pandemic control An important step will be taken…