Plans to resume domestic vaccine production are being discussed in Ukraine, Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said in an interview with Radio Liberty.
“You probably know that in Ukraine, apparently back in the 1990s, the production of any vaccine was completely destroyed. Now we have repeatedly talked with the President of the country to start restoring vaccine production. This concerns influenza, this applies to other vaccines, which we use every year,” Stepanov on the air of the Saturday Interview program.
According to the minister, the country has a corresponding scientific potential.
“We have a good school. Of course, this process is not very fast. It will take several years for us to have our own vaccine developed by our scientists. At the same time, I have already held several meetings with our entrepreneurs who have appropriate production lines. Farmak, Lekhim, which have the corresponding certified lines for the production of vaccines,can produce either a Ukrainian vaccine, if it appears, or another,” Stepanov said.
The board of JSC Odesa Port-Side Plant has extended a control for tolling gas processing with Agro Gas Trading LLC from September 1, 2020.
The plant said that the contract was extended until the moment when the new winner of the tender is selected, but no later than the end of 2020. As part of the prolongation of the contract, the terms of cooperation have been improved: from September 1, the price for one tonne of ammonia will be $41 and $60 per tonne for urea.
The Odesa Port-Side Plant recalled that the last announced tender was blocked in courts by one of its participants, and the procedure for selecting a supplier company approved by the supervisory board of the plant provides for a ban on out-of-tender selection.
“According to the current legal regulations, the decision to extend the contract with the current tolling supplier was the only one to which the board had the right, taking into account the existing injunction, and no alternative from the point of view of ensuring the stable operation of the plant,” the plant said.
The plant said that the continuity of the production process in terms of improving financial and social performance is a priority for the company’s management.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 31/08/20
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Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of August 31
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The Hungarian low cost airline Wizz Air rejects information from the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) about illegal layoffs of its employees in Ukraine, the airline’s press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.
“Wizz Air has taken note of media reports alleging that a number of COVID-19 related layoffs in Ukraine earlier this year may have been allegedly illegal in Ukraine. Wizz Air denies such accusations as they are completely unfounded,” the airline said.
The ETF previously reported that Head of Wizz Air Jozsef Varadi threatened to close the base in Kyiv if workers do not agree to terminate the work of the trade union. According to this organization, at the end of July, the low cost company fired four employees involved in the trade union, namely Yulia Batalina, Hanna Teremenko (the head and the deputy head of the trade union), Artem Tryhub (a member of the trade union council) and Andriy Chumakov (a member of the trade union).
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) canceled flights on eight destinations, reduced their frequency on seven more destinations.
According to the airline’s website, as a result of such measures, UIA is forced to revise the flight schedule and significantly reduce them. Starting from September 14, the following flights will be completely canceled: Kyiv-Zaporizhia, Kyiv-Madrid, Kyiv-Barcelona, Kyiv-Geneva, Kyiv-Delhi, Kyiv-Berlin, Kyiv-Chisinau, and also Kyiv-Athens (except for two flights). Flights on the route Kyiv-Kherson will be canceled from September 20.
In addition, the airline reduced the frequency of flights on the following routes: Kyiv-Odesa, Kyiv-Paris, Kyiv-Dusseldorf, Kyiv-Brussels, Kyiv-Dubai, Kyiv-Istanbul, and Kyiv-Tel Aviv.
“We now have to make a decision on the airline’s plans for the coming days, without having enough time or enough information. Of course, we will wait for the publication of the Cabinet of Ministers resolution and make a decision to cancel flights, based on the content of the document. We are considering several options, including radical,” CEO of the airline Yevhen Dykhne said.
According to the airline, in the total current UIA passenger traffic, the percentage of foreigners transported is about 60%.
