Announcement of tentative results of phase 3 clinical trial
Health Minister “Concluded Effective and Safe”
3 million doses of vaccine planned to be introduced by the 28th
On the 21st, at a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, medical staff are inoculating Chinese Sinobac’s COVID-19 vaccine to volunteers for phase 3 clinical trials. Istanbul/AP Yonhap News
According to Turkish health authorities, the COVID-19 vaccine (Coronavirus) developed by China’s Sinovac showed 91.25% efficacy as a result of phase 3 clinical trials conducted in Turkey. According to the announcement from the Turkish side on the 25th, the news agency said, “No serious side effects were found except for one participant hypersensitivity reaction in the third clinical trial. There were only reports of side effects such as mild fever, slight pain, and fatigue following vaccination,” he reported. Turkish health authorities have conducted phase 3 clinical trials for coronavirus on 7,000 volunteers since September 14, and the efficacy report released this time is a provisional result for 1,322 of them. Turkish Health Minister Paretin Koka said, “We have come to the conclusion that the synovac vaccine is effective and safe,” and indicated that it will be approved for use in the near future. Earlier, the Brazilian health authorities also revealed that the result of a phase 3 clinical trial for coronavirus conducted locally on the 22nd has exceeded the international standard for vaccine use,’efficiency 50%’. However, the announcement of the final result, which was announced on the 23rd, was postponed without revealing the specific reason. In China, approval for emergency use of coronavirus was already issued for high-risk groups such as medical staff in July. Until now, countries such as Indonesia, Brazil, Chile and Singapore have decided to import coronabags, and the Philippines and Malaysia are in the process of negotiations. Turkish health authorities also decided to import 50 million doses of coronavirus earlier this month. Minister Coca added, “Three million doses are expected to arrive by the 28th, and we will start vaccination against 9 million people, mainly medical staff.” According to the results of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, in Turkey, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases increased by 11,102, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases recorded 2.1 million. The death toll was also added to 254, and the cumulative death from Corona 19 increased to 11,115. Correspondent from Beijing/Inhwan Jung [email protected]