Turkey to become important player by producing its own vaccine: Erdoğan

Published 28 Jan,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - Turkey will become one of the prominent countries in the world by producing its own vaccine against the COVID-19, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, informing that Turkish scientists were running 17 different projects and three innovative vaccine programs.

“According to the figures of the World Health Organization, after the United States and China, we have come forward as the third country with the most vaccine studies. We will become a prominent country in the international arena as a country developing its own vaccine,” Erdoğan said at an award-winning ceremony held by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) on Jan. 28.

The government is closely following and endorsing researches and works by Turkish scientists in the field of health, Erdoğan said, noting that the government launched a special platform under the leadership of the TÜBİTAK to tackle the COVID-19 even before the pandemic was spotted in Turkey.