UNICEF has provided Ukraine with 100,000 doses of Covid-19 Vaccine Janssen (Jcovden) within the framework of the COVAX international initiative.
According to a press release issued by the Health Ministry of Ukraine, the vaccine was distributed and delivered to 21 regions of Ukraine and Kyiv City.
In particular, Dnipropetrovsk region received 10,000 doses, Kharkiv region – 6,000, Chernivtsi region – 5,000, Kyiv and Lviv regions – 4,000 each.
The delivery of the Janssen (Jcovden) vaccine was organized with the financial assistance of the UK.
The ministry recalled that since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion Ukraine has been receiving Covid-19 vaccines only for free under the COVAX initiative, which is being coordinated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the World Health Organization, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), while UNICEF cooperates with the manufacturers and partners for procurement and delivery of Covid-19 vaccines.
Supplies under the COVAX initiative continue, the ministry said.
Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign in Ukraine, more than 5 million people have received one vaccination against COVID-19. Over the past day, more than 147,000 people were immunized, the press service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reported.
“More than 5 million Ukrainians received at least one dose of vaccine against COVID-19! Some 147,118 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 per day on August 20, 2021. One dose was received by 60,970 people, 86,148 people were fully immunized,” the Telegram channel of the Ministry said on Saturday morning.
It is reported, that during the day 957 mobile teams, 2,732 vaccination points, 329 vaccination centers worked.
Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, 5,032,722 people have been vaccinated, of which 5,032,720 received one dose and are fully immunized and 3,066,426 people received two doses (two of them received one dose abroad).
“A total of 8,099,146 vaccinations were carried out,” the Ministry of Health said.
