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Minister of Health of Ukraine, Maxim Stepanov, said the first three groups of people be vaccinated against coronavirus. According to him, these are people with concomitant diseases, doctors and the elderly.
He announced it on the air of “Ukraine 24”.
“In the first place, we will vaccinate a risk group, as a sign of health, that has concomitant diseases, as well as a risk group by age, they are people over 65 years of age. And also a risk group based on a professional characteristic they are health workers, “he said. Stepanov.
At the same time, GM said the COVAX provide vaccines Ukraine for 20% of the population.
“When we talk about the COVAX mechanism, we are talking about supplying such a quantity of doses for the vaccination of 8 million people, that is, 20% of the population of Ukraine.
Recall that the Ministry of Health appointed the size of the first batch of vaccine against the coronavirus, which Ukraine will receive for free under the global mechanism COVAX.
In addition, the chief medical officer, Viktor Lyashko, said how much a dose of the coronavirus vaccine will cost for Ukraine under the COVAX mechanism, which the country will be able to purchase additionally.
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