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At the current rate of vaccination, Ukraine will have time to use only half of the Covishield vaccine received in February before its expiration date, writes ZN.UA.
The batch of 500 thousand doses, which is currently being vaccinated in Ukraine, is valid until June 23, 2021, writes ZN.UA, citing the delivery documents that were at the disposal of the publication.
The publication notes that in order to have time to use the entire batch, the vaccination rate must at least double. Now the average vaccination rate in Ukraine is around 2,500 vaccines per day, therefore, until June 23, while maintaining existing rates, Ukraine will have time to use only half of imported vaccines.
The expert organization StateWatch requested information from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine about the production date and expiration date of the vaccine. But Deputy Minister Svetlana Shatalova refused to respond, explaining that, in accordance with the manufacturers’ requirements, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements were signed. The ministry added that they contacted Crown Agents (a British company that buys COVID-19 vaccines ordered by Ukraine) on the possibility of providing this data, but received no response.
The first batch of the vaccine arrived in Ukraine on February 23 and vaccination began the next day. Ukraine should have received the vaccine earlier, but this did not happen.
According to a ZN.UA source at the Ministry of Health, two contracts for a vaccine totaling 12 million doses (2 million – $ 5.5 each, obviously Covishield: 10 million doses – $ 9 each , probably Novavax) were signed in December. last year, when the Deputy Minister of Health, Igor Ivaschenko, visited India.
Under the terms of the first contract, Ukraine had to make an advance payment, but did not. The delivery was interrupted. The owner of the plant did not want to send the vaccine to Ukraine at all. The Indian ambassador to Ukraine and the Indian community had to join in the persuasion. The conflict allegedly helped resolve the founder of the Grace of God firm Kumar Pranav, who is a friend of the president and managing director. Serum Institute of India Cyrus Punavalla.
According to calendar plan By 2021, healthcare workers working with COVID-19 patients are the first to receive free vaccinations, and members of the Joint Forces operation… Until November, they want to vaccinate the rest of doctors, workers in the fields of state security and education, as well as people over 60 years of age. During 2021-2022, 50% of the population of Ukraine (20 million) plan to vaccinate.
It was planned that by the end of the first week, Ukraine will reach 10,000 vaccinations per day. In the first days of vaccination, when asked why it was progressing at such a slow rate, Health Minister Maxim Stepanov replied that everything was going according to plan and that vaccination was proceeding in a cascade. However, on March 9, he announced that he was not satisfied with the vaccination rate.
Starting today in Ukraine made about 38 thousand vaccinations.
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