Ukraine expects to receive 2M doses of Moderna vaccine in July – Liashko

Ukraine expects to receive 2M doses of Moderna vaccine in July – Liashko

Ukrinform
The Ministry of Health expects that 2 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be delivered to Ukraine in July.

Minister of Health Viktor Liashko said this at a meeting with journalists on July 1, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"We have agreed with the United States: they promise to deliver 2 million doses of Moderna vaccine to us in the near future under the COVAX Facility," Liashko noted.

He also said that the interchangeability of Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines will be studied. This issue was considered at a meeting of the National Technical Expert Group on Immunoprophylaxis.

As reported, Ukraine has already received 5,051,576 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from various manufacturers, including 1,913,316 doses of CoronaVac vaccine, 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca, and 500,760 doses of Pfizer at the expense of the state budget; as well as 1,072,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine and 1,064,700 doses of Pfizer vaccine as part of the global COVAX initiative.

Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, which started on February 24, 2,001,132 people have been vaccinated, of whom 766,483 people received two doses.

ish

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and to the website of a foreign media outlet. Citing and using materials in offline media, mobile apps, Smart TV are allowed only with written permission from Ukrinform. News and publications marked as "Advertisement" and "PR" and articles in the section "Releases" include promoted content, and an advertiser is responsible for the content.

© 2015-2024 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Website design Studio Laconica

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-