The beginning of the rise in the incidence of influenza in Ukraine is expected at the end of November. The season, according to the forecasts of epidemiologists, will not be difficult, but employees of critical infrastructure facilities are strictly recommended to be vaccinated, Chief State Sanitary Doctor Igor Kuzin said in an interview with Alla Kotlyar "

The pharmaceutical sector will import and supply the vaccine to the country. The first deliveries are expected in the second half of September. Estimated number - the same level as last year. Considering that a certain number of people have left Ukraine, this should be enough for those who want to purchase the vaccine on their own,” he said about plans for flu vaccination this year..

In turn, the state plans to vaccinate medical infrastructure workers free of charge at the expense of humanitarian funds and the PIVI initiative. In particular, for this purpose, about 30 thousand doses of the vaccine will be received by the end of September, which will subsequently be distributed to the regions..

Also, companies producing influenza vaccines have already confirmed their readiness to supply an additional number of vaccines - 163,000 doses, which they plan to use to vaccinate workers in critical industries, infrastructure, healthcare workers and the military..

Kuzin also expressed satisfaction with the pilot project introduced last year on the possibility of getting vaccinated against influenza immediately in a pharmacy..

“This pilot, in my opinion, was quite effective. This simplifies all vaccination mechanisms, no need to worry about the cold chain mechanism because the vaccine essentially moves within the pharmacy. Now we have started working to implement it on a wider scale at the country level,” he said..

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