Over the past day, 132,246 people were immunized, the press service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reported on Telegram.
“A total of 132,246 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 over the past day on September 28, 2021. One dose was received by 75,188 people, 57,058 people were fully immunized,” the message said on Wednesday morning.
It is noted that 897 mobile teams, 3,063 vaccination points, 345 vaccination centers worked during the day.
The Ministry of Health reported that 6,926,719 people have been vaccinated since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, of which 6,926,717 received one dose, and 5,565,270 people received two doses (two of them received one dose abroad).
Higher education institutions have been able to adapt to new working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has accelerated the digital transformation.
“We can say that COVID-19 even had a positive impact on the activities of the university. In what way. It accelerated the transition to digital technologies, to create new communication platforms between teachers,” head of the educational department of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture Andriy Shpakov said during the press conference at the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine information agency.
At the same time, he said that the negative side of the issue is that the remote format requires more preparation time.
“Coronacrisis is not only challenges and problems, but also a new window of opportunity and new horizons,” Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work of the Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Anatoliy Kolot said.
At the same time, Deputy First Vice-Rector, Head of the Scientific and Methodological Department of Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Serhiy Hozhiy said that their university laid the foundations for distance learning even before the coronavirus pandemic, which made it possible to quickly adapt to the new conditions of the educational process.
Also, head of the Department of Management and Economics of the International European University Yulia Remyha said that the university has fully adapted to the challenges that the pandemic has brought, in particular to distance learning.
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The total wage arrears in Ukraine in August of this year fell by 0.8%, since the beginning of the year it grew by 50.4% and by September 1 amounted to UAH 3.929 billion, the State Statistics Service has said.
According to its data, the amount of wage arrears at enterprises that stopped filing reports during 2019-2020 amounted to UAH 158.4 million on the same date.
According to the statistics department, the increase in wage arrears in August 2021 was recorded in Chernihiv (by 57.7%), Vinnytsia (by 34.1%), Volyn (by 11.55), Ivano-Frankivsk (by 9.1%, Kirovohrad (by 8.4%), Cherkasy (by 6, 4%), Ternopil (5.6%), Rivne (3.6%), Dnipropetrovsk (3.4%), Zhytomyr (3%) regions and Kyiv city (5.7%).
At the same time, the decrease in wage arrears was seen in Luhansk (by 39.4%), Lviv (by 24.4%), Poltava (by 13.3%), Khmelnytsky (by 10.9%), Odesa (by 8.2%), Chernivtsi (by 7, 6%), Kyiv (7.1%), Zakarpattia (6.8%), Zaporizhia (4.9%), Kherson (2.2%) and Mykolaiv (0.4%) regions.
The State Statistics Service said that among sectors in August 2021, wage arrears in financial and insurance activities grew by 1.8 times (to UAH 4.133 million), in healthcare they grew by 21.1% (to UAH 131.3 million), in the field of temporary accommodation and catering – by 14.6% (to UAH 2.346 million), arts, sports and recreation – by 10.4% (to UAH 1.955 million), in construction – by 3.1% (to UAH 87.471 million), in real estate transactions – by 2.3% (to UAH 39.4 million) UAH), wholesale and retail trade – by 1.8% (to UAH 37, 352 million), in the field of information and telecommunications – by 1.7% (to UAH 15.897 million), administrative activities – by 1.4% (to UAH 17.359 million), at transport, warehousing and courier enterprises – by 1% (to UAH 218.442 million).
At the same time, in the provision of other types of services, salary arrears decreased by 31.1% (to UAH 2.920 million), in education – by 17.2% (to UAH 16.934 million), in public administration and defense – by 16.5% (to UAH 5.468 million), in agriculture – by 11.3% (to UAH 61.350 million), in professional and scientific activities – by 5.9% (to UAH 310.227 million), and in industrial enterprises – by 0.9% (to UAH 2.976 billion).
The spot price for gas in Europe again climbed above $1,000 per thousand cubic meters at opening of trading on Wednesday, following a correction on Tuesday afternoon.
The price of the nearest (October) TTF futures on the ICE Futures exchange on Wednesday morning reached 83.4 euros per MWh, or $1,007 per thousand cubic meters, according to exchange data.
On Tuesday, the price reached a historical record of $1,040, but corrected below $950 in the second half of the day.
This could have been prompted by the publication of Wednesday’s Yamal-Europe pipeline pumping nomination – it should have recovered almost to the maximum after dropping by 50% all at once. However, the evening came with an update on the pipeline’s pumping assignment – it had only partially recovered.
On Monday, the Yamal-Europe pipeline was pumping 3.4 million cubic meters per hour; on Tuesday, the flow dropped to 1.5 million cubic meters per hour (Gazprom commented that “this is a temporary situation connected to a request by one customer”), and on Wednesday, it only increased to 2.5 million cubic meters per hour.
The global driver of European gas prices – LNG prices in Asia – also continued to rise from Tuesday to Wednesday, forcing Europe to maintain a competitive price level.
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club tied the game with the score of 0:0 against Inter Milan, Italy, in the second match of the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Despite the fact that the Shakhtar players had more possession of the ball, the match was played in an equal fight, with high pressure from both teams. At the same time, Inter in the end of the match was closer to victory, but Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov made a couple of high-quality saves.
As reported, in the first match of Group D, Shakhtar lost to Moldovan Sheriff with the score of 0:2 away, while Inter lost to Real Madrid with the score of 0:1 at home.
In the third round on October 19, Shakhtar will host Real Madrid, and Inter will host Sheriff.
Foreign trade turnover by the most important positions in Jan-June 2021 (export)
