The second stage of the vaccination campaign will start in Ukraine on March 22, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said during a press briefing in Kyiv on Monday.
“On March 22, the second stage of vaccination starts in Ukraine. In addition to mobile teams, 565 vaccination units are added. At the second stage, vaccination of people with an extremely high risk of infection – family doctors is to start. With the arrival of new vaccines, vaccination of social workers, public health workers and people over 80 will also begin (from March 29-30),” he said.
The minister noted that in general, within the framework of the second stage of vaccination, it is planned to launch more than 2,500 vaccination points, which will be deployed as the vaccine arrives.
In addition, Stepanov added that the vaccination program exceeded the mark of 100,000 vaccinations and currently 111,025 vaccinations have been carried out in the country.