Turkish vaccine teams target isolated mountain villages

Doctors and health workers of a Covid-19 vaccination team walk in the isolated village of Gumuslu in the district of Sivas, central Turkey (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Vaccination teams in Turkey have been travelling across roads covered with ice and snow to reach residents in the country’s isolated mountain villages.

They are seeking to overcome the challenging terrain as the government bids to inoculate 60% of the country’s people against coronavirus over the next three months.