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Corona vaccination in Turkey (symbolic image)
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Just imagine it in Germany: employees of the health department stand on a village square and shout the names of people who have not yet received a corona vaccination through the streets via loudspeaker.
What would probably not be possible in this country with data protection and medical confidentiality, has happened in Turkey.
In a village in the eastern province of Mus, the names of the people who were not or not fully vaccinated were shouted over the loudspeakers of the mosque there by employees of the health authority.
The residents were asked to vaccinate.
This is reported by the Turkish news portal »Ntv« and the newspaper »Hürriyet«, among others.
Health teams are also on the move across the province, going from door to door and promoting vaccinations.
There is also no general vaccination requirement in Turkey.
The Ministry of Health is currently reporting around 30,000 new corona infections across the country every day.
According to official information, around 57 percent of the over 18-year-olds in the province of Muş have been vaccinated so far.
Most recently, 180 new infections with the corona virus were registered for every 100,000 inhabitants within a week.
If you look at the rest of the Turkish provinces, Muş is in the middle.
ptz / dpa
