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Koca made a statement to the press and answered questions after the Coronavirus Scientific Committee Meeting at the Bilkent Campus of the Ministry of Health.
Stating that he tried to communicate all developments in time and in the clearest way during the epidemic, Koca stressed that there is a humanitarian aspect in addition to being a duty.
Pointing out the difficulty of declaring restrictions, trying to deliver dire news in the most understandable way, explaining losses, and doing so throughout the epidemic, Koca said that the biggest supporter in this difficulty is citizens. Koca said: “Every time I came across you, you listened with hope and supported me. You accepted me as a member of your family. Thank you all individually.” used the expression.
Epidemics emerge from Turkey’s own well, emphasizing that all countries in the world, such as those in a dark tunnel husband, said:
“From day one, we tried to illuminate that tunnel with the light of science and see our path. We tried to determine our path, the torch of science in our hands, leading all the members of our country behind us. I would like to once again thank our Scientific Council on this subject in their peace, they guided us with patience, patience and effort.
When a light appeared at the end of the tunnel, we saw those behind us rushing forward, trying to crush those ahead and making mistakes that could cause congestion. Although this made our work difficult, we continued on our way without leaving the torch in our hands and without giving up science. You are the biggest witness to this. “
Emphasizing that the epidemic affected all areas and reorganized the morality of the world, Koca recalled that some countries confiscated the aid materials of others in this process.
“Our death toll per million inhabitants has reached 216”
Expressing that he is aware that habits have changed, from greeting to shopping, from organizing meetings to school lessons, Koca continued his words as follows:
This year will go down in history as a year in which the entire world fought for a common goal but ended before reaching a conclusion. History will call these years as the years of the great epidemic, starting in 2019, which gave the disease its name.
To date, 325 people per million inhabitants have died from this disease in Germany. Attempting to implement herd immunity, 789 people died in Sweden, 984 in the US, which reached the highest number of cases and deaths, and 994 people died in England, which was put on the agenda with the claim that it was observed a mutation in the virus. The number of deaths per million inhabitants in Turkey has reached 216 while “.
Koca pointed out that the number of daily cases in the world was around 80 thousand during the first peak of April, and now it has reached 700 thousand with an increase of almost 9 cards, “however, the number of daily deaths, which was around 8,500 in the first peak in mid-April, is now 14 with an increase of 70 percent. Recently, countries like the United Kingdom have been trying to explain the uncontrolled increase in cases by linking the mutation of the virus. ” found the evaluation.
Expressing that the epidemic equates the country that claims to be developed with the country believed to be backward, Koca continued as follows:
“In our country, there has been a rapid increase in cases since the second half of October. In many provinces, there has been an increase of more than 100 percent. Our hospitals and intensive care have begun to struggle to ease the burden.
On-site evaluation with visits to the city, dissemination of the use of the HES code in all public institutions, transportation and accommodation facilities, postponement of collective events, restrictions on ceremonies such as weddings and engagement ceremonies, gradual work practice, limitation of hours work and service provision of various workplaces, brought to busy squares and streets. Generalized general measures such as restrictions and controls, prohibition of outdoor smoking, re-education of schools, restrictions to go out on weekdays and weekends have been implemented. “
Minister Koca also stated that according to the course of the epidemic, there is a period in which individual evaluations are carried out on the provinces, local resources are mobilized, the number of intensive care capacities and radiation equipment is rapidly increasing, as well as a generalized follow-up of contacts in motorized equipment.
Noting that he made an effort to share the meetings with the provincial governors and health administrators and the state of the provinces with the public instantly, Koca shared the following information:
“Thanks to the strict monitoring and implementation of the measures, 66% in Gaziantep, 60% in Tekirdağ, Bursa and İzmir, 55% in Ankara and Samsun, 50% in Trabzon and Adana, 48% in Diyarbakır and Hatay, There has been a 45 percent decrease in Kayseri and Kocaeli, 40 percent in Şanlıurfa, 30 percent in Antalya, and 30 percent in Mersin. While there was a significant decrease in the number of cases in Istanbul, this was reduced to 50 percent for outpatient applications and hospitalizations, and intensive care is reflected in occupancy rates of 25 percent. “
Minister Koca thanked Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu and the governors for their support and contribution to ensure the intensive implementation of these measures and mobilize all public resources at the provincial level and said: “Our Internal Affairs organization are the invisible heroes that we they provide the greatest support in managing the epidemic. ” used the expression.
VACCINE DESCRIPTION
News about the vaccine is broadcast every day.
I know that the topic that interests you most today is the vaccine. I would like to explain once again that we prefer the inactivated vaccine. The inactivated vaccine is the oldest known vaccination method. In the simplest terms, after the virus reproduces in suitable environments, it is killed and injected into the body to recognize it.
This is not the first time you have been vaccinated for immunization purposes with this type of vaccine. This is a method we are sure of. In addition, three leading vaccine studies in our country are inactive vaccines. However, two candidates for adenovirus-based vaccines have reached human studies in our country.
(Phase 2 study in household vaccines) I can say that the volunteers have started medical examinations.
THE VACCINE IS COMING ON SUNDAY NIGHT
With the evaluation of our Scientific Committee, we were sure of the effect that the vaccine had on our own people when using it in our country. Now we are sure that the vaccine is effective in the Turks.
I would like to embellish this good news with a new one. The Chinese authorities have also completed their approval process for the vaccine doses to be shipped to Turkey. If nothing goes wrong, our vaccines depart the night that connects the market with Monday. Our belief tells us that there is a width after each narrowing.
I hope this good news is beneficial to our nation and humanity.
Prof. Dr. Unal’s statements are as follows:
Phase 3 studies of the inactivated virus vaccine called CoronaVac, produced by the Chinese company SinoVac, were launched in our country on September 14.
The security data of more than 900 people included in the study was analyzed and in the second part we started doing it for our citizens, and that is on November 18.
The 95 percent confidence interval is standard in such studies. The WHO considers this to be 50 percent sufficient. 91 percent will increase in the coming days.
Reds are the number of patients in the vaccine arm, blue is the number of patients in the placebo arm. From the 21st the difference arises.
Six of the 26 cases in the placebo arm were treated as severe cases. On the other hand, 3 people in the vaccine arm, 3 members of the medical staff, none of them presented any symptoms, much less hospitalization, and in one case a slight runny nose.
The most common side effects are fatigue, headache, pain at the injection site. A friend of ours with the vaccine had a mild allergic reaction and was treated immediately. Other than that, there were no serious side effects. Our vaccine seems safe.
The protection rate of the vaccine is 91.25 percent in the initial period and will gradually increase. It was the situation we normally wanted to explain when there were 40 infected people. And we can say that this proportion will increase even more. Of all the volunteers vaccinated, 29 people had an infection. 26 of the 29 people were not vaccinated.
QUESTION ANSWER
WHAT WILL THE IMMUNIZATION STRATEGY LIKE?
I just said I brought it up on Monday as the vaccine will be in Turkey. 4 announced strategies. It was built with healthcare professionals first. First, we will start with our healthcare professionals. I can say that there will be 9 million people in the first stage. I have said before that there will be 50 million vaccines by the end of February. In a shorter period of time, our goal is to vaccinate people in stage 3, no later than April.
I can say that we have the opportunity to vaccinate up to 1.5-2 million per day.
MEASURES RELATED TO MUTATION
July and August are the mutations in the world, which as of September, in addition to similar mutations in Turkey, we say is more contagious.
As a country, we analyze whether there are widespread mutations in certain periods of time. Our data also showed that contagion has increased.
It is possible to say something more clearly by doing a genome analysis next week, although we have not found a similar mutation to England in our preliminary tests and analyzes that we have done so far. There was a restriction for the UK, Denmark and South Africa. We are currently not considering a new restriction, but if something different arises in countries, these restrictions can be done again at any time.
We can say that the contagion of the virus increases with the mutation of the virus, and it is more risky to get together and be together in crowded environments with the increase in this contagion.
BIONTECH AŞISI
Until the end of March, the details of the contract for 4.5 million optional biontech vaccines and up to 30 million biontech vaccines have been clarified. We plan the BioNTech vaccine in 4.5 million doses through the end of March. I think 1 or 1.5 million of them will have arrived in January. Contract details for the optional vaccine up to 30 million doses have been clarified. It will be signed tonight or tomorrow at the latest.
We will have bought the Sinovac and Pfizer vaccine cheaper than the world.
Along with healthcare professionals, I will be one of the first to receive the vaccine.
WILL THE VACCINE BE NECESSARY?
National broadcasting has started to gradually increase. It was up to 85 percent. No matter how far we act according to distance, social gatherings are reduced and if we do not create crowded environments, the contagiousness of this virus will decrease. 91.25 percent protection. We are not in favor of mandatory vaccination. We are convinced and believe that this vaccine should be done.
