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Turkey’s health minister Fahrettin Koca has announced a vaccination plan starting with an experimental “inactivated vaccine” later this month to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The minister said early use authorisation would be granted after Turkish labs confirm vaccine safety and initial results from Phase 3 trials are assessed. Vaccination efforts would be rolled out in four stages, the minister said. The first group includes health care workers, citizens above age 65, and people living in homes for the elderly, disabled or other protective care homes.—AFP
