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Zelenskyy says impossible to explain why Ukraine turns away from Russian COVID-19 vaccines
MOSCOW, Dec 20: Ukrainian citizens cannot understand why their country is turning away from Russian coronavirus vaccines when western countries are refusing to supply them with the treatment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with The New York Times.
“Of course, it is impossible to explain to Ukrainian society why, when America and Europe are not giving you vaccines, you shouldn’t take vaccines from Russia,” Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian leader added that he was preparing for an “information war” on the issue.
The New York Times said on Saturday that Zelenskyy was frustrated with the new executive order of US President Donald Trump, which temporarily bans the export of vaccines against COVID-19.
WHO s COVAX Facility Approves Ukraine s Request for COVID-19 Vaccine - Official Sat 12th December 2020 | 06:40 PM
KIEV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 12th December, 2020) The COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX), led by the World Health Organization (WHO), has approved Kiev s vaccine request, Viktor Liashko, the Ukrainian deputy health minister and chief state sanitary doctor, said on Saturday.
In late November, Ukrainian Health Minister Maxym Stepanov said that the country was expecting to receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines in the first half of 2021. Ukraine received the official COVAX approval of the request for a vaccine against coronavirus. Ukraine will 100 percent receive more than 8 million doses of the vaccine and syringes free of charge.