Ukraine receives 54,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Lithuania

06.08.2021 11:14

Ukrinform

Ukraine received 54,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine as humanitarian aid from the Government of Lithuania. The country plans to later provide Ukraine with another 77,000 doses of this vaccine.

"Our goal today is to protect as many Ukrainians as possible from COVID-19 by the end of this year. More than 6 million COVID-19 shots have been already given in Ukraine. We do not stop and continue to provide access to vaccination to everyone who wants it. I am grateful to the Government of Lithuania for providing vaccines. I ask Ukrainians not to hesitate and visit the nearest mass vaccination center or vaccination point as soon as possible and protect their health," said Health Minister Viktor Liashko, the press service of the Ministry of Health informs.

As reported, 509,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Denmark arrived in Ukraine.

The 5th stage of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign is currently underway in Ukraine, within which all willing Ukrainians aged 18 and older can be vaccinated.

Currently, four vaccines are available in Ukraine: AstraZeneca (Covishield, SKBio), Comirnaty/Pfizer-BioNTech, CoronaVac/Sinovac, Moderna.

As of August 5, 2021, Ukraine received almost 12 million doses of these vaccines.