Ukraine has registered 290 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on July 10, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to over 2.2 million.
In the past 24 hours, 374 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 5 have died.
Over 2.1 million people have recovered from COVID-19 and 52,597 have died since the pandemic hit Ukraine.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 12,885 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 9,175 antibody tests. Over 11 million PCR tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in the city of Kyiv (91), Dnipro oblast (35), Kyiv oblast (24), Odesa oblast (22), and Kharkiv oblast (18).
State of vaccination
Vaccination in Ukraine began on Feb. 24 and by July 10, over 2.2 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine, while over 1.1 million have received both doses.
In the last 24 hours, a total of 42,308 people received the vaccine, including 21,234 who received the second dose, completing their vaccination.
Since April 24, Ukraine has been in the second stage of the vaccination campaign, inoculating medical staff, military service members and people over 80 years old. However, people who fall outside these categories may be able to receive surplus doses. The Health Ministry accepts online and telephone applications from Ukrainians who want to be put on the waiting list for the vaccine.
In several cities, including Kyiv, anyone registered to be vaccinated through the government app Diya can get vaccinated on the weekends at one of the country’s 50 mass vaccination centers. Kyiv’s mass vaccination center is based inside the International Exhibition Center near the Livoberezhna metro station.
Ukraine currently vaccinates its people with Pfizer, Sinovac, and AstraZeneca vaccines. On July 5, Ukraine authorized the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for use.
U.S. pharmaceutical Pfizer will provide 20 million doses of vaccine to Ukraine by the end of 2021, according to the health ministry.
The latest delivery of vaccines took place on July 9, when 500,000 Sinovac vaccines, purchased with state funds, were delivered to Ukraine.
The Ministry of Health and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) signed a $90 million agreement to launch the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Vaccination in Ukraine project, as announced by the Ministry of Health on its Facebook page on May 18. Forty million dollars are to be used to purchase vaccines, $30 million will be allocated for the deployment of vaccination against COVID-19, with the remaining funds used to strengthen the capacity of testing for COVID-19.
The U.S. has also promised to give Ukraine some of the 500 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that it plans to donate to poor countries. Earlier, the U.S. said it would give Ukraine a share of 25 million doses pledged in humanitarian aid.
Quarantine restrictions eased