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Kiev agreed to supply COVID vaccine to Sinovac Biotech
Ukraine signed the first contract for the supply of COVID vaccine; The IMF has postponed two tranches for Kiev. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.
Ministry of Health signs contract for COVID vaccine in China
The Ministry of Health signed the first contract for the supply of a vaccine against the coronavirus: the Chinese drug Sinovac Biotech. As reported in the Office of the President, we are talking about the purchase of 1.913 million doses at 504 hryvnia per dose.
At the same time, it was clarified that the first batch of vaccine in the amount of 700 thousand doses will be delivered to Ukraine within 30 days after the official registration in China, or in the USA, Great Britain, Switzerland, Japan, Australia , Canada, Israel, India, Mexico, Brazil or peso.
International Monetary Fund postponed tranches for Ukraine until 2021
Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko reported that the IMF transferred two tranches of $ 700 million to Kiev next year. As specified by the minister, Ukraine will be able to receive financial assistance after viewing the program, its approval at mission level and the management of the Fund.
Record number of Ukrainians recovered from coronavirus in 24 hours
On the morning of December 30, 1,045,348 cases of COVID-19 were registered in Ukraine, of which 698,190 ended in recovery and 18,324 died. During the day, 7986 infected were identified, in particular, 272 children and 453 health workers. In addition, 16,355 people were recovered per day; this is a record number since the beginning of the pandemic.
The law, which introduces liability for lies in electronic returns, came into force
The legislative act, which restores the powers of the NAPC and restores criminal responsibility for false information in electronic returns, has entered into force. Furthermore, the aforementioned law raises the threshold of criminal liability for declaring false information.
Britain is the first in the world to approve the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine
The UK government is the first in the world to approve the use of a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca, and was the first to approve the drug from Pfizer and BioNTech.
Iran asked the amount of compensation to the families of the victims of the UIA plane crash
The Iranian government announced the completion of the investigation into the UIA plane crash near Tehran, in connection with which it adopted a resolution on the preparation of the payment of an amount of 150 thousand dollars or an equivalent amount in euros to the relatives and relatives of the victims.
US Department of Justice Warns of Kolomoisky Building Confiscation
The United States Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit in federal court for the Southern District of Florida for the seizure of an office building in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by Ukrainian businessmen Igor Kolomoisky and Gennady Bogolyubov, since it was purchased in 2008. with funds illegally withdrawn from PrivatBank.
UCP and “servants of the people” supported the removal of the head of the Constitutional Court
The Office of the Prosecutor General called for the removal of the head of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Oleksandr Tupitsky by the President of Ukraine from the post, thus emphasizing the lack of foundation of the opposite position of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the Court.
In turn, the Servant of the People faction also supported the decision of the head of state on Tupitsky, describing the departure of the head of the KSU as the only way out of the current situation.
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