Coronavirus OP-ED

Oleksandra Ustinova: Ukraine MPs fight back against fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates

By Oleksandra Ustinova.

Published Nov. 4, 2021 at 9:48 pm

A police officer writes a report as a shop assistant doesn't have the required certificate of vaccination in Kyiv on Nov. 1, 2021.

Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

In recent months, Ukraine has experienced some of the world’s highest infection and death rates from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this rapidly deteriorating healthcare situation, Ukraine also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe with only around 18% of the population fully vaccinated.