Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says the country will sign a contract on shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 after its registration in Ukraine. This week Pfizer has filed vaccine registration documents with Ukraine's Health Ministry.
The Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine's government, at a meeting on February 17 extended the coronavirus-related quarantine until April 30, 2021. Ukraine reintroduces different epidemiological risk levels in the regions.
Ukraine's government plans to extend the coronavirus-related quarantine until April 30. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal earlier said quarantine curbs in the country could be extended until April 30.
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The option of providing Ukraine with vaccines through a sharing mechanism at the level of the European Union is being considered.
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High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell says that ways of providing Ukraine with vaccines against COVID-19 through the EU member states are being considered.
He announced this at a joint press conference with European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Várhelyi and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal after an EU-Ukraine Association Council meeting on February 11, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Borrell pointed out to the EU s solidarity with the Ukrainian people during the coronavirus pandemic. And we are already helping Ukraine gain access to vaccines through COVAX and are
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Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister, Chief Medical Officer Viktor Liashko says that healthcare workers will be the first to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Ukraine.
He announced this during the Right to Power talk show, according to the TV news service TSN. Who will get it [first]? These will definitely be healthcare workers. Because Ukraine has decided to start a vaccination campaign with healthcare workers to protect those people who are on the front line with the coronavirus from day one. I believe that any healthcare worker today is a hero and he or she could become the one who would get the first shot. And then we will not have to decide who deserves more or who deserves less, he said.