Kyiv and 20 regions have ordered additional omicron-specific vaccine against COVID-19

Kyiv and 20 regions have ordered additional omicron-specific vaccine against COVID-19

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Due to the increase in the incidence of COVID-19, Kyiv and 20 regions have ordered about 14 thousand doses of the omicron-specific vaccine. The regional centers for disease control and prevention will receive the vaccine for free vaccinations by August 20.

Due to the increase in the incidence of COVID-19, Kyiv and 20 regions have ordered about 14 thousand doses of the omicron-specific vaccine. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, UNN reports .

Details

It is noted that the vaccine for free vaccinations has been ordered by Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipro, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy and Chernivtsi regions and Kyiv. The vaccines will be distributed to regional centers for disease control and prevention, which will deliver them to vaccination sites.

All regions except Odesa will receive the vaccine by August 16. The vaccine will arrive in Odesa region on August 20. In addition, 10 regions - Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovs'k, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Rivne, Kharkiv, Chernivtsi - and the city of Kyiv ordered a total of 1,300 doses of COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer's Comirnaty vaccine) for children,

- the statement said.

Recall

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