Sources: The Azeri Times
Turkey begins to roll-out its domestically-developed Turkovac inactive vaccine as part of its COVID-19 vaccination program. This comes after the health ministry issued an emergency use authorization for the vaccine. 2021-12-30
Turkey reports its first two cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant, which was originally detected in Colombia. 2021-09-7
Turkey partially reopens restaurants, gyms and cafés as well as shortens its nightly curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. as part of a gradual normalization plan, although a full lockdown remains imposed on Sundays. Primary school students also return to classrooms and movie theatres are allowed to reopen at 50% capacity. 2021-06-1
Turkey reports a record 394 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 40,131. 2021-04-30
Turkey reports 15,503 new cases in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total this year, and brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,894,893. 2021-03-15
The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency approves Sinovac's vaccine for emergency use in the country. This comes after a clinical trial showed the vaccine had a 65.3% efficacy in Indonesia compared to an efficacy of 91% in Turkey and 78% in Brazil. 2021-01-11
Turkey reports a record 235 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 16,881. 2020-12-15
Turkey reports a new single-day record of 217 deaths, bringing the nationwide death toll to 15,531. 2020-12-9
Turkey reports its second death from COVID-19, a 61-year-old male patient, while the number of confirmed cases rises to 191. 2020-03-18