The government plans to vaccinate against coronavirus in two years up to 22 million Ukrainians, Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal said today, March 4, at a press conference.

According to Shmygal, it is planned to vaccinate about 10 million people in 2021.

More than 100,000 Ukrainians have registered for vaccination in three days, the prime minister said.. In total, according to opinion polls, vaccination is supported by 43% of the population, with the rest it will be necessary to establish communication, said Shmygal.

The prime minister noted that for the first and second quarters of 2021, the government expects to receive more than 9 million doses of vaccine for 4.5 million Ukrainians.

The goal of vaccination is to cover 70% of the population of Ukraine so that collective immunity to COVID-19 appears, Shmyhal said.

He stressed that vaccination in Ukraine is carried out voluntarily.

Over the past day, March 3, more than 10,000 cases of COVID-19 were detected in Ukraine. This is the highest figure since the beginning of 2021..

Since February 24, Ukraine is being vaccinated against coronavirus with the drug Covishield, which is produced under the license of AstraZeneca. As of today, March 4, 9568 people have been vaccinated in Ukraine. LIGABiznesInform informs about it..