Ukraine received over 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

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509 400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, provided by Denmark, arrived to Ukraine on August 4.

UA informs this with reference to the Ministry of Health.

This supply is a direct assistance to Ukraine from the Danish government, which plans to deliver 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to various countries by the end of the year.

The drug will be used to vaccinate those who need to receive a second dose of AstraZeneca, the rest will be distributed between vaccination places.

The international transportation of the vaccine from the Danish Serum Institute to Kyiv was provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Previously, the WHO said that the situation with COVID-19 in the world has stabilized.

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