Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Dec. 30

By Luo Zhengguang
  • World

  • Thursday, 31 Dec 2020

ANKARA -- The first batch of 3 million doses of China's SinoVac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara early Wednesday.

Mass vaccination will start following 14 days of tests, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted Wednesday. (Turkey-China-COVID-19 vaccines)

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