The application of TURKOVAC, the domestic vaccine for which Turkey applied for emergency use about a month ago, has been accepted. Mass production of TURKOVAC, which has been approved for emergency use, has begun.
As the coronavirus epidemic continues and concerns continue to rise with a new variant called Omicron, vaccine studies continue all over the world. In this context, Turkey developed its own domestic vaccine. TURKOVAC had applied for emergency use approval about a month ago. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said today that the application was accepted and TURKOVAC’s emergency use approval explained.
Fahrettin Koca announced that the domestic COVID-19 vaccine TURKOVAC has been approved for emergency use. Speaking at the ceremony of the emergency use permit of the TURKOVAC vaccine and the start of mass production, Koca announced that production has started as of today. Big, so We are one of the 9 countries producing the COVID-19 vaccine. announced.
“Emergency use approval and production started before the end of the year”
Fahrettin Koca’s statement was as follows:
“After 50 years, we have developed a vaccine that was developed 100 percent domestically by our Turkish scientists, starting with the Turkish cell. At the same time, after 24 years, our domestic vaccine is produced. Thus, as of today, we have become one of the 9 countries producing the Kovid-19 vaccine. We are now in the area where the filling facilities are located. We are now at the point of filling, labeling and packaging. The filling, labeling and packaging of the filling facilities are done here, and the production has started. Mr. President, as you pointed out, before the end of the year, emergency use approval and production of TURKOVAC has started. This success is the success of our entire nation under your leadership.”
President Erdoğan: We will be able to offer TURKOVAC to our citizens after the Sinovac and BioNTech vaccines
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who attended the ceremony via video conference, made the following statements:
“It is much more meaningful that it is developed by our own scientists and researchers. We are happy for the mass production of our domestic vaccine. Our TURKOVAC vaccine, which has reached the stage of production and use by obtaining the necessary approvals, is the symbol of our efforts to protect our nation against the epidemic in the most effective way. Thus, we will be able to offer TURKOVAC to our citizens after the Sinovac and BioNTech vaccines. We will be pleased to share with all humanity with the production of TURKOVAC. I wish our TURKOVAC vaccine to be beneficial to our country, our nation and all humanity.”