Ukraine to obtain 30 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021: PM

Ukraine has reached an settlement to obtain 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this yr, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal mentioned on Wednesday, Development studies citing Xinhua.

“In February, we launched a vaccine marketing campaign towards coronavirus. As we promised … basic contractual agreements have reached virtually 30 million doses this yr,” Ukrinform information company quoted Shmyhal as saying on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister reminded that new agreements had additionally been signed earlier with the European Funding Financial institution, which had allotted 50 million euro (60.4 million U.S. {dollars}) to Ukraine for the acquisition of medical tools and vaccines.

On Feb. 23, 500,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Ukraine. The Ministry of Well being anticipated to obtain one other 1.5 million doses of this vaccine by March 31 and 117,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine in early March as a part of the COVAX initiative.

A complete of 1,364,705 COVID-19 circumstances and 26,397 deaths have been registered in Ukraine as of Wednesday, whereas 1,182,036 sufferers have recovered, based on the well being authorities.