2021-01-19 05:06:02 GMT2021-01-19 13:06:02(Beijing Time) Xinhua English ANKARA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Turkish doctors hailed the launch of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine drive, saying that with this immunization process, there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel to end the global pandemic. Turkish health workers on Thursday got first jabs of vaccine as the nation of 83 million population started a mass vaccination program with the Sinovac vaccine developed by China. Some 790,000 health professionals across the country have received the vaccine as of Monday, according to the Turkish Health Ministry. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca received the first shot of the vaccine live on television after the approval of the emergency use of the vaccine. He was followed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who received the vaccine at a hospital in Ankara on Thursday.