Last minute: The domestic coronavirus vaccine Turkovac, which was made available by the Ministry of Health, started to be used in the 16-18 age group. Volunteers in the age group of 16-18 who do not have a chronic illness will be able to participate in the application, which was started at Ankara City Hospital with 500 volunteers. Within the scope of the study, some of the volunteers will be given the Turkovac vaccine and some will be given the CoronaVac vaccine. The application, which started as a pilot in Ankara City Hospital, is planned to be expanded to health centers in 14 cities, including Ankara, next week.
PROF. DR. ATEŞ KARA: THERE WILL BE 500 VOLUNTEERS
Ankara City Hospital General Hospital Chief Physician Assoc. Dr. İhsan Ateş, President of the Vaccine Institute and Member of the Scientific Committee Prof. Dr. Ateş Kara, Turkovac Vaccination Adolescent Study Supervisor Prof. Dr. Aslınur Parlakay, Chief Physician of Ankara City Hospital Children’s Hospital Prof. Dr. Emrah Şenel held a press conference for the start of the work.
prof. Dr. Ateş Kara noted that they acted cautiously because the working group was children, and said, “500 volunteers between the ages of 16-18 will be included in the study group. The volunteers must not have been vaccinated before and have not had Covid-19. As a requirement of the study, some of the volunteers were vaccinated with CoronaVac and some with Turkovac. will be done and Turkovac’s effectiveness on adolescents will be revealed. We hope that the results will be good and this vaccine will protect well. Once the determined number of volunteers is reached and vaccination is done, it will be reduced to a lower age group. We do not currently have any patients who are Turkovac but are hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Reminder in Turkovac “The antibody responses we obtained at the dose were very high. The response rate in the questionnaires is excellent,” he said.
PARLAKAY: OUR CHILDREN WILL BE PROTECTED WITH TURKOVAC’
prof. Dr. Aslınur Parlakay stated that they started to work in the 16-18 age group today and said, “This scope may be planned to be expanded with the security assessment in the coming periods. We will have centers in 14 centers throughout Turkey, in all major cities such as Ankara, Istanbul, Adana and Izmir, where our volunteers can participate. Those who wish. “We hope that he will give a good response and that our children will be well protected with our Turkovac vaccine. We will share our results when we reach a sufficient number,” he said.
SENEL: WE NEED TO BREAK THE PERCEPTION
prof. Dr. Emrah Şenel also stated that the data showing that the disease is mild in children is correct; However, he said that there are patients who are hospitalized in intensive care in children who are not vaccinated. Şenel said, “We need to break the perception. Children are also at risk; everyone should understand this. We welcome all our people and their children to our hospital.”
Assoc. Dr. İhsan Ateş stated that the Turkovac study on pregnant women will begin one week later.
(DHA)