In the Kharkiv region, 50% of medical workers and 37% of teachers were vaccinated against coronavirus.

Such data was announced on September 14 during a briefing by the director of the Healthcare Department of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Maxim Khaustov, reports "

According to him, now 713,598 vaccinations have been made in the region.. The first dose was received by 409,905 people, the second - by 303,693 people, which is approximately 13.8% of the adult population of the Kharkiv region.

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He noted that by the end of the week in the Kharkiv region there will be many schools where from 80% or more staff will be vaccinated against infection..

“There is a demand and now mobile teams go to educational institutions that apply,” says Maxim Khaustov.

- In general, Kharkiv residents are beginning to understand that the main protection against disease is vaccination. Last week we reached a record number of vaccinations per day - about 15 thousand. We expect this indicator to grow. The vaccine is available - now only the desire of people to be vaccinated is important "

Earlier it was reported that in Kharkiv, four institutions of higher education crossed the threshold of 80% of workers vaccinated against coronavirus.