More than 80 countries to accept Ukrainian COVID certificate

"Soon, the Ukrainian COVID certificate will enable its holders to visit more than 80 countries. Ukraine is preparing to join the Global COVID Certificate Network that can cover all countries of the world. The network participants will recognize each other's digital documents and will not require additional COVID documents when crossing the border," Deputy Health Minister Maria Karchevych said at a briefing, Ukrinform reports.

According to her, this means that vaccinated Ukrainian citizens will have the opportunity to attend more countries without PCR tests of self-isolation upon arrival if the epidemic situation allows.

At present, 52 countries recognize Ukrainian COVID certificates in Diia application, Karchevych noted.

She reminded that Singapore recently allowed Ukrainian citizens with COVID certificates to enter the country. It is expected that Thailand will also recognize Ukrainian COVID certificates soon.

Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, 14,221,538 people have been vaccinated in Ukraine: 14,221,536 people received the first dose and 12,640,221 were fully vaccinated.

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