Delta variant will become dominant in Turkey after the Eid al-adha holiday - Dr. Akova

Dr. Murat Akova, a professor from the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of the Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University, who is also the coordinator of the Sinovac Phase 3 study, warned against the Delta variant.

"From the beginning of August in EU countries, it is reported that the Delta variant will now become dominant. For Turkey, the situation is no different. We predict that the Delta variant will become dominant in our country after the Eid al-adha holiday. Everyone gave up wearing the mask, loosen protection measures as if we were in the pre-epidemic era. In addition to the vaccine, the main scientific evidence is that the mask and the social distance are still the greatest protection measure. Even if you have three doses of the vaccine, not all current vaccines are 100 percent protected. So we have to continue with the measures," he said.