Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko on Monday said 40 per cent of the adult population have been fully immunised against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) meeting the vaccination target set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
On October 7, WHO said that 40 per cent of the population of all countries should be vaccinated by the end of 2021 and 70 per cent by mid-2022.
Liashko told a briefing that “forty per cent of adult Ukrainians, 12.45 million, have already received a full vaccination course.
Peaking at this number, Ukraine has fulfilled the vaccination target set by the WHO (40 per cent of fully vaccinated in 2021).
For the fifth week in a row in Ukraine the amount of COVID-19 cases was decreasing, according to the minister.
Over the past week, 61,210 cases were registered, less than half of the 152,263 logged in the week from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7.
Liashko also said that he would sign a decree on Monday that would allow administration of a COVID-19 additional dose for the better protection of people who had low effect from the vaccine due to their health condition.
Vaccination against COVID-19 was rolled out in Ukraine on Feb. 24 using Covishield vaccine. CoronaVac, AstraZeneca, and Comirnaty became available in April.
Later in July, the Moderna vaccine was added to the vaccination portfolio. (Sputnik/NAN)
