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Moderna vaccine delivered to Ukraine for the first time

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Ukraine regularly receives batches of COVID vaccines

This batch of COVID vaccine will go to vaccinations for organized collectives and professional groups.

The UN Children’s Fund delivered to Ukraine more than 2 million doses of the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine produced by the American company Moderna. A batch of 2,000,040 doses was provided by the US government through the global COVAX mechanism. informs UNICEF Sunday 18 July.

It is planned that this batch of COVID vaccine will be vaccinated by mobile teams of organized teams and professional groups of the previous stages of vaccination.

“Our key goal is to protect as many Ukrainians as possible from COVID-19. We are grateful to the partners who help us in this. Every day we increase the volume of vaccinations so that everyone who wants to have access to vaccinations. I urge Ukrainians who have not yet been vaccinated to not hesitate and visit the nearest mass vaccination center to protect your health, “- said the head of the Ministry of Health Viktor Lyashko.

Moderna is an mRNA vaccine that requires special handling and storage conditions. This vaccine requires temperatures between -50 ° C and -15 ° C. For a full course of vaccination with this drug, you need to receive two doses.

Earlier it was reported that in the next couple of weeks more than 8 million doses should be delivered to Ukraine vaccines against coronavirus, among them – Moderna. And in August, supplies of Novavax will begin.

Let us remind you that for the last 24 hours over 50 thousand Ukrainians received vaccinations… In total, 4,061,475 vaccinations have been made in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic.

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