Ukraine began vaccinating nationwide athletes of Olympic and Paralympic groups with CoronaVac vaccine produced by Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech, the nation’s well being ministry stated. “We want all athletes to attend the competitions without any restrictions, (and) we want to see the Ukrainian flag, hear the Ukrainian national anthem and be proud of the victories of our athletes. Paralympians and Olympians are the pride and hope of the country. Our task is to protect their health and life,” Health Minister Maksym Stepanov stated on Thursday, Xinhua reported. The vaccination is voluntary, and athletes really feel good after the vaccination, Stepanov added.
Ukraine’s National Sports Medicine Center chief Viacheslav Chernenko stated athletes put a lot hope at CoronaVac and consider it might assist to cease the virus.
“We have the plan to vaccinate 750 persons of Olympic and Paralympic delegations going to Tokyo Olympic Games. We have 1,500 doses of the CoronaVac vaccine synthesized by Sinovac Biotech China,” Chernenko informed Xinhua on Thursday.
“China has been doing very well in terms of financing the laboratory activities. And it has been vaccinating the people at high paste. I hope Ukraine would be able to do the same,” stated Chernenko.
Vaccinations with the CoronaVac vaccine began in Ukraine on Tuesday after it was formally registered on March 9.
Stepanov stated that the primary batch of CoronaVac vaccines arrived within the nation on March 25, whereas the remaining doses will probably be delivered in April-May.
Covid-19 circumstances have been rising in Ukraine over the previous month in opposition to the backdrop of the vaccination marketing campaign that began on Feb. 24.
As of Thursday, 1,903,765 Covid-19 circumstances and 38,658 deaths have been registered in Ukraine, whereas 1,453,766 sufferers have recovered, in response to the well being authorities.
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