Another batch of CoronaVac coronavirus vaccine produced by the Chinese company Sinovac Life Sciences in the amount of 500,000 doses will arrive in Ukraine on Friday, April 30, Minister of Health of Ukraine Maksym Stepanov said.
“Sinovac has just confirmed to us the next delivery of CoronaVac vaccine. Tomorrow evening, 500,000 doses from our contract for 1.9 million doses will arrive in Kyiv,” Stepanov wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday evening.
Previously Stepanov said: “We expect Pfizer from two sources. The first is COVAX – 473,000 doses. We have received the official confirmation from COVAX that this will happen in the timeframe from May 17 to May 18. Also in May, we expect to get also about 500,000 doses under a direct contract from Pfizer. It will be used according to the vaccination plan in the categories of risk groups for people who are over 60 years old, or people who have concomitant diseases,” said Stepanov on the air of the Nash TV channel on Tuesday.
The minister also said when to wait for a new delivery of the Chinese vaccine CoronaVac. “By the way, today we have received confirmation, including from the Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine, that the next 500,000 doses of the vaccine should arrive in Ukraine by April 30,” Stepanov said.
