The Ministry of Health believes that at the end of January Ukraine will face a new wave of coronavirus. Its peak will be in February, and the decline - in March-April, said the country's chief sanitary doctor Igor Kuzin..

" However, this growth is not significant.. We still do not see the deterioration of the epidemiological situation. Rather, the post-holiday period is triggered when people postponed going to the doctor.. According to our forecasts, the next surge will be from the end of January. At this time there will be more Omicron. The peak will be in February with a gradual decrease right up to April, "

What exactly this wave will be depends on the epidemic measures and the number of citizens who agree to vaccination, including booster doses.. Mortality rates will depend on this..

At the same time, the medical doctor believes that 100 thousand deaths this year from covid are "

" We have quite ambitious vaccination plans - at least 70% of the adult population by the end of 2022. That is, the number of deaths will depend on the pace of the vaccination campaign, Kuzin said.. "

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