Roundup: Turkey says preparations continue for mass vaccination; Iran bans import of U.S., British COVID-19 vaccines


By Liu Lu
  • World
  • Saturday, 09 Jan 2021

CAIRO, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the mass vaccination process against the COVID-19 pandemic would soon start.

Speaking to reporters in Istanbul after Friday prayers, Erdogan said that Turkey's Health Ministry has been continuing its work to launch the vaccination process.

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