Over 120M coronavirus vaccine shots given in Turkey to date

By Burak Bir, Seda Sevencan, and Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey has administered more than 121 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched an immunization drive in January, according to the latest official figures released on Monday.

More than 56.3 million people have gotten a first vaccine dose, while over 50.7 million have been fully vaccinated, the Health Ministry said.

Turkey has also given third booster shots to more than 12.4 million people.

Separately, the ministry recorded 20,033 new coronavirus cases, 187 deaths, and 25,611 recoveries from the virus over the past day.

As many as 354,269 virus tests were done in the last 24 hours, the data showed.

Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed over 5.25 million lives in at least 192 countries and regions, with more than 264.14 million cases reported worldwide, according to the US' Johns Hopkins University.