People walk along a public garden, in Ankara, Turkey. The government was accused of hiding the full extent of the virus after it was revealed that the number of asymptomatic patients were not being included in data. The Health Ministry was under pressure to resume publishing the total number of cases. Turkey had previously been reporting around 6,000 daily new patientsThe total number of patients since the outbreak started now stands at 467,730, with 12,840 fatalities. The vaccine, ERUCOV-VAC, is being developed by Erciyes University, in the central Turkish province of Kayseri, and is currently undergoing phase 1 of testing.-AP

Source: The Standard November 26, 2020 06:50 UTC