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Turkey hails homegrown COVID vaccine

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January 19, 2022

Turkey's government hopes that the homegrown Turkovac COVID-19 vaccine will help keep people safe as omicron infections soar. But some doctors say the effectiveness of the jab is not yet proven. DW correspondent Julia Hahn reports from Istanbul.

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