Turkish teams on mission to persuade the vaccine-reluctant
MEHMET GUZEL, Associated Press
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1of18Enver Ereli, 59, seated right, a municipal sanitation worker, looks on Dr. Aysegul Duyan, left, and nurse Meltem Gulcan, center, try to persuade him to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the medieval city of Mardin, in the culturally and historically diverse region in Turkey s south, overlooking Mesopotamia and bordering Syria, Friday, May 21, 2021. I was afraid of getting sick and of being paralyzed. But then the medical teams told me it was for my benefit and I believed them and got vaccinated, Ereli said. It was the team s first successful effort of the day.Mehmet Guzel/APShow MoreShow Less