More than 100,000 people have died in Ukraine over three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now in the world and in Ukraine, the incidence of coronavirus is declining, but you need to continue to get vaccinated. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Health - Chief State Sanitary Doctor Igor Kuzin.

He noted that in Ukraine, vaccination coverage is below 70% among the general population and barely reaches 30% among people over 60 years old..

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“As of April 23, more than 12.3 million people did not receive the first booster, that is, they do not have full protection. The coronavirus continues to circulate, in the fall we can see another seasonal wave of incidence, so I advise all adults to restore protection, ”explained Kuzin.

So, at the beginning of May in Ukraine, 3,192,442 people received the first booster dose, 312,424 people received the second booster dose..

According to Kuzin, there are almost 8 million doses of vaccines in Ukraine, and this is enough to continue the vaccination campaign against COVID-19.

Earlier we wrote that the WHO announced the end of the global emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic.. Oksana Koshalko, Head of the Epidemiological Surveillance Department of the Public Health Center (PHC), told how the cancellation of the emergency status due to COVID-19 can affect Ukrainians.