Chickenpox vaccine delivered to Ukraine: regions receive 20 thousand doses of free vaccinations
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Ukraine has received 20,190 doses of chickenpox vaccine as humanitarian aid from Austria. The vaccine will be distributed among 10 regions for free vaccinations of children, adults and the military.
20,000 doses of chickenpox vaccines have been delivered to the region for free vaccinations for children and adults. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health on July 31, UNN reports .
Details
20,190 doses of chickenpox vaccine (manufactured in the Netherlands) were delivered to the country as humanitarian aid from Austria.
Regional centers for disease control and prevention received the vaccine: Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovs'k, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, Ternopil, Chernivtsi regions and the city of Kyiv.
According to the Ministry of Health, the distribution of the varicella vaccine was based on requests from the regions.
Within a few weeks, the regional centers for disease control and prevention will distribute the vaccines within their regions and will conduct vaccinations in organized children's groups. Also, the CDCs will cooperate with the military command and, if necessary, provide vaccine for vaccination of the military, in particular in educational groups
Recall
Since the start of the full-scale rollout, the country has experienced problems with the supply of chickenpox vaccine.
Last year, it was reported that the Ministry of Health of Ukraine does not plan to introduce the chickenpox vaccine as mandatory.
For reference
Chickenpox is a highly infectious acute viral disease that mainly affects children. The maximum number of those infected falls on the age group of 2-4 years. Chickenpox is characterized by generalized intoxication and a spotted-papular-verrucous rash on the skin and mucous membranes. Long-term immunity remains after the infection. Recurrent diseases are rare. The course of chickenpox is mostly mild. Specific complications (meningoencephalitis, pneumonia) are rare. However, after an infection, the pathogen, without any clinical manifestations, can remain in the body for years and provoke other diseases in older age - herpes zoster, which can be considered a late relapse.
