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In Turkey, the third country with the highest vaccination rate in Europe, the resulting anti-vaccine is causing concern. According to the Ministry of Health, 14% of health workers assigned to be vaccinated, and 23% of citizens over the age of 65 do not appear to have received the vaccine despite being identified.

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İSTANBUL (TR) - Vaccination studies play a decisive role in the world to win the fight against the coronavirus for more than 1 year. According to the report published by ECONiX Research, the vaccination rate appears to be 3.39% worldwide. Turkey, where vaccination started on January 14, 2021, is one of the countries with the highest vaccination rate in Europe with 9.41%. In our country, where the total number of vaccines made reaches 20 million 362 thousand 329, the number of people given a second dose of the vaccine reaches 7 million 869 thousand 422, it is noted that in order to continue this course, the anti-vaccine should be avoided. According to the latest statement by the Ministry of Health, 14% of health workers assigned to be vaccinated, and 23% of citizens over the age of 65 do not appear to have received the vaccine, even though it has been identified.

While various awareness activities were carried out in this context, an important move came from the Çamlıbel Foundation. From the first days of vaccination began in Turkey since the vaccine to combat the opposition “I opened my arms” ​​an awareness project that the Foundation has continued, has now started a campaign on social media. Supporters of the campaign aim to raise awareness on the vaccine by sharing photos and videos taken while vaccinating or waiting for the vaccine with the note “I Wait for You to Embrace You Again” on social media.

“If I open my arms now to be vaccinated, then I will be able to open them so that I can hug you”

Speaking about the details of the project, Çamlıbel Foundation General Manager Pınar Çamlıbel said, “In this difficult pandemic period when we are separated from each other for a year, we cannot meet with our loved ones and touch each other, vaccination has become the greatest hope that we can return to the old days. However, we cannot ignore the anti-vaccination in our country. We, as the Çamlıbel Foundation, shared a video with healthcare professionals in various hospitals with the slogan "I opened my arms to hug you again" in order to popularize vaccine awareness. After this video, in which some said that they were longing to see the smile of their patients and some of them to embrace their loved ones, we labeled those we missed hugs and invited them to share photos and videos of their arms opened while vaccinating or waiting for the vaccine on social media. In this way, while spreading the vaccine awareness, we sent a reminder message to those we fell apart, perhaps even forgotten to talk for a long time due to the circumstances, and we had the opportunity to establish a bond of affection. We wanted to say, “If I open my arms to be vaccinated now, I will be able to open my arms to hug you later.”