Koca: Turkey can produce its own vaccine in April at the earliest

Koca: Turkey can produce its own vaccine in April at the earliest Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has stated that Turkey can produce its own vaccine in April at the earliest. Stating that in January the amount of vaccines can be given to Turkey by Pfizer is 1 million doses Ministers Koca reported China may come close to 10 million doses of the vaccine before this date. Speaking at the meetings of the Ministry of Health at the TBMM Plan and Budget Commission, Minister Koca made the following statements: “The possibility of Pfizer being ready in December seems very weak as Mr. Ugur Hoca said, the license can be obtained after December 15 at the earliest. EMA and the FDA has been applied, but the license is a high probability not to be approved within December, if it happens, figures that are given to Turkey is 1 million, gradually beginning from January, not in one or two months, in year with the possibility of up to 25 million doses as in our current negotiations.” Minister Koca, stated the following on the Chinese vaccine, another vaccine that is currently being studied in Turkey: “We will be able to get a vaccine of at least 10 million in December, we want to increase this number. Number of doses will be the same in January. This number can probably be doubled comfortably.” In addition, Minister Koca informed that the contract may be signed for a day or two.