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The Russian vaccine failed the third phase of testing (Photo: REUTERS / Sergey Pivovarov)
Ukraine’s Chief Medical Officer Viktor Lyashko wrote about this on Facebook.
«Ukraine will use only those COVID-19 vaccines that have successfully passed the third phase of clinical trials. Therefore, all the rumors and political statements about the state registration of the Russian vaccine candidate in Ukraine do not correspond to reality, “said Lyashko.
He added that according to information published on the vaccine website ClinicalTrials.gov, the end of the third phase of clinical trials for the Sputnik V vaccine is scheduled for December 2021.
«As of today there are already vaccines against COVID-19, approved for use under special procedures (emergency use authorization). Interim clinical trial reports were used for this registry. On this basis, Ukraine has made a decision on the possibility of registering vaccines registered in countries with a strict regulatory policy, ”added Lyashko.
He noted that only under the aforementioned conditions, Ukraine will allow the use of vaccines.
On January 2, Verkhovna Rada deputy of the pro-Russian OLLP party Viktor Medvedchuk said that Kharkiv Biolek’s company allegedly submitted an application to the Ministry of Health for the registration of the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus Sputnik V.
At the same time, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada committee on the nation’s health, Mikhail Radutsky, said that he still did not know anything about such an application.
The pharmaceutical company itself stated that it was technically capable of producing coronavirus vaccines, but only if it had its state registration in Ukraine.
«Now JSC Biolek has not signed any contract, has not received any transfer technology for the production of the Sputnik V vaccine. JSC has never produced such vaccines on the company’s technology base, ”he noted at Biolek.
On August 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the world’s first coronavirus vaccine was registered in the Russian Federation.
In Germany, the Russian vaccine was called «a risky experiment in humans. “And in the United States, they said it is important not to make the vaccine the first, but to make a vaccine that is safe and effective.
The first country where Russia supplied Sputnik V was Belarus, followed by Venezuela. The DPRK also bought the Russian vaccine.
When will coronavirus vaccines start in Ukraine and what vaccine will they use?
On December 24, the Ministry of Health approved the Roadmap for mass vaccination against COVID-19 in Ukraine in 2021-2022, which, in particular, stipulates that at least 50% of the population should be vaccinated during this period.
The vaccination will be carried out in five stages:
- January-April 2021: People at critical risk of infection and development of COVID-19 and those who perform critical functions in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, that is, health workers and military personnel in the JFO area. (there are 355 thousand people)
- April-June 2021: people at extremely high risk of infection and development of COVID-19 and those who provide medical services: we are talking about people over 60 years old and health workers. (that’s 2.3 million people)
- June-September 2021: people at high risk of infection and development of COVID-19 and those who perform functions to maintain the safety and life of the state. (7.2 million people)
- September 2021 – March 2022: People most at risk of infection and development of COVID-19 and who perform functions of maintaining the safety and life of the state. (11 million people)
- After the previous stages and in case of availability of resources, vaccination of other categories of the population that are not included in the number of priority groups. Coverage: about 19 million people
As part of the COVAX initiative, Ukraine will receive 16 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, enough to vaccinate eight million citizens. (a person needs two doses). COVAX’s global portfolio includes three vaccines: from AstraZeneca (Great Britain), Novavax (USA) and Johnson & Johnson (U.S).
The Director of the WHO European Office, Hans Kluge, in an interview with NV, said that Ukraine will receive the first batch of vaccines in March or April 2021.
The head of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Maxim Stepanov, said that Ukraine could receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine in February-March 2021.
On December 30, Ukraine also signed an agreement for the supply of two million doses of vaccine from the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech.
At the same time, the British company AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine, has already discussed logistics and delivery times for its drug with Ukrainian representatives.
