Over 123.6M coronavirus vaccine shots given in Turkey to date

By Merve Berker and Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey has administered more than 123.63 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched an immunization drive in January, according to official figures released on Saturday.

Over 56.64 million people have received a first vaccine shot, while more than 51.14 million have been fully vaccinated, Health Ministry data showed.

Turkey has also given third booster shots to more than 13.9 million people.

The ministry confirmed 17,644 new coronavirus infections, 191 deaths, and 25,568 recoveries over the past day.

As many as 342,183 virus tests were done in the past 24 hours.

Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed over 5.34 million lives in at least 192 countries and regions, with more than 273.85 million cases reported worldwide, according to the US’ Johns Hopkins University.