The vaccination campaign in many countries is forced to pause due to the fact that the shipment, the shipment that China has not been transferred yet.
Thanks to China's vaccine, Turkey has made one of the fastest vaccination campaigns in the world, when nearly 18 million people, more than 1/5 of the country's population, was injected at least one dose.
Last week, part of the country's powerful vaccination network simultaneously stopped operating, when hospitals and clinics had to reject the person who placed injected, according to Sebnem Korur Fincanci, Chairman of the Turkish Health Association
Turkish vaccine is the latest demonstration of China's influence on the fight against pandemic of many countries.
However, more and more health officials in some countries are concerned about the effectiveness of Chinese vaccines, while many experts are skeptical about the country's production capacity to meet the increasing demands
Covid-19 vaccine protection compartment is almost empty at Sancaktepe hospital, in Istanbul city in early March. Photo: Washington Post.
Egyptian government officials said that they received a small part of China's vaccine orders.
The Turkish President's government Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered 20 million doses of Sinovac last year, although this vaccine was in the process of testing, before deciding to increase to 100 million doses.
Turkey reported more than 54,700 new cases on April 7, the highest level since translating outbreaks, raising the total number of cases of NCOV to 3.63 million, of which nearly 33,000 people died.
When Chinese Foreign Minister visited Turkey Last month before last month, President Erdogan suddenly publicly expressed its frustration, criticizing Beijing does not deliver enough 50 million doses of vaccines in the first phase as the first commitment
"They are not enough," Erdogan told reporters when recounting the exchange with the Foreign Minister of the United State.
Sinovac spokesman does not respond to the comment on the reason for Turkey's vaccine lot delayed.
Turkey has tried to maintain a balanced relationship with China in the past few years, reducing criticism to the problem of Ngo Nhy in Xinjiang, in the context of Ankara seeking to attract investment from Beijing to the background
In terms of vaccine exports, China is only behind India, the country last month to temporarily banned the vaccine exports amid institutions because of a lot of criticism because of a slow vaccination efforts in the country.
The Chinese approach contrasts with the US, when the Presidential Government Joe Biden prioritizes immunizations for Americans and almost does not provide vaccines for foreign countries.
Public opinion Some countries have risen to skeptical on the purpose of providing Beijing's vaccine.
In January, the Chinese ambassador to Brazil was forced to explain that the Vaccine delivery delay was due to technical problems rather than a "responding" action against Beijing President Jair Bolsonaro.
China's "diplomatic vaccine" effort is also hampered by pharmaceutical companies that refused to publish data on the effectiveness of the vaccine.
The new vaccination area of Sancaktepe hospital is absent into one morning in March: Washington Post.
Many doctors are concerned about the medical system well prepared for the vaccination campaign in Turkey being "removed".
Because each person must be injected by two doses, the number of vaccines becomes limited, causing the vaccination campaign that cannot be transferred to other risks, according to Yiyit.
Witnessing the number of cases of infections and deaths increased sharply in the past few weeks, Turkish officials had to make efforts to find Chinese Vaccine Sinovac replacement solutions.
Turkey has the ability to vaccinate for about a million people a day, according to Korur Fincanci, president of the Medical Association.