250,000 Ukrainians sign up for COVID-19 vaccination waiting list
KYIV, MAR 15: Over 247,000 Ukrainians have signed up for the COVID-19 vaccination waiting list.
This is reported by the Ukrainian Health Ministry on March 14, 2021.
"As of March 13, 2021, as many as 247,556 people had
signed up for the vaccination waiting list against COVID-19," it said.
Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, 51,137
people have been vaccinated.
Vaccination in Ukraine
On February 24, 2021, Ukraine launched a nationwide COVID-19
vaccination campaign. Doctors who treat COVID-19 patients, ambulance teams,
laboratory personal involved in COVID-19 testing, residents and staff of
nursing homes, as well as military personnel in the Joint Forces Operation
(JFO) zone in Donbas are to be vaccinated at the first phase.
Today, the vaccination campaign is underway in Ukraine with
CoviShield (AstraZeneca), a recombinant vector vaccine produced under license
at Serum Institute of India. Two shots with an interval of 28 days are required
for complete immunization.
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COURTESY covid.unian.info
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