The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered 18 Turkish vaccine candidates.

One of them is in the second phase (clinical) trials, in a month we hope to move to the third.

Our four vaccines are in phase one.

I believe that our first vaccine will be ready (for production) by September, by the end of summer, "RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

He noted that Ankara intends to make its vaccines available to the whole world and advocates their production in all countries, without extending intellectual property rights to them.

Earlier, the Turkish Ministry of Health announced a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases.