"Azerbaijan has been conducting the vaccination process rapidly in recent months," Tayyar Eyvazov, said chief infectious disease specialist of the Ministry of Health, Report informs.
According to him, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers informs that 40,000-60,000 coronavirus jabs are administered daily: "In general, more than 5 million people have already been vaccinated, and more than 2 million of them have received two doses. As you know, vaccine immunity is formed sometime after the second dose."
It is acceptable to vaccinate about 70-80 percent of the population to break the epidemic process. In this regard, more than half of the population may get both vaccine doses soon. "
According to the chief infectious disease specialist, at present, the vast majority of those infected are unvaccinated people. "We should consider that there are a small number of people who have real contraindications to vaccination. Therefore, we can protect those people by getting vaccinated."