In the first five months of 2021, the cost of combating COVID-19 amounted to 19.5 billion hryvnia. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance..

Of the total amount of UAH 19.5 billion, most of all was allocated to pay for services for inpatient medical care and vaccination of the population within the framework of the program of medical guarantees.

Also, UAH 6.7 billion was spent on the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19. UAH 1.6 billion was spent on social support measures from the budget.

In total, more than UAH 33 billion is provided for the fight against coronavirus in 2021. Most of all, UAH 15.4 billion, will be directed to programs of medical guarantees for inpatient medical care and to pay for the services of medical institutions for vaccination.

In addition, UAH 10.5 billion from the state budget is provided for the purchase of 38 million doses of vaccines.. Also expected to receive about 8 million doses of vaccines under the COVAX mechanism.

As of the end of May 2021, contracts were signed for the supply of 32 million doses of vaccines at the expense of the state budget: 2 million doses of vaccines produced by AstraZeneca; 10 million doses of Novavax vaccines, 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccines.

Over the past day, 62 591 people were vaccinated against coronavirus. In total, 1,831,147 vaccinations have been made since the beginning of vaccination, another 287,884 people received both doses of the vaccine (of which two people received the first dose abroad). This is reported by "