The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group was established with representatives of the Ministry, WHO Country Office, WHO Regional Office, WHO GDO and medical professionals to prioritize the target recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group held its first meeting on November 9, 2020, online.
The meeting, which was chaired by the Deputy Minister Prof. Emine Alp Meşe, was attended by the Director-General of Public Health Dr. Fatih Kara, members of the scientific committee Prof. Levent Akın, Prof. Ateş Kara and Prof. Alpay Azap, Dr. Liudmila Mosina and Dr. Niyazi Çakmak from WHO EURO, and Dr. Batyr Berdyklychev, Dr. Irshad Shaikh and Dr. Bahadır Sucaklı from WHO Turkey Office.