This is evidenced by the data of the Ministry of Health of the country.

Also, in 24 hours, 254 people died in the country due to the coronavirus; in total, 19 115 patients with COVID-19 have died in Turkey since the beginning of the pandemic.

Earlier, the head of the Turkish Ministry of Health, Fahrettin Koca, said that the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Chinese company SinoVac would be sent to Turkey on the night of December 28.