Ukraine has registered 617 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on July 8, 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, 872 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 23 have died.
Over 2.1 million people have recovered from COVID-19 and 52,560 have died since the pandemic hit Ukraine.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 17,945 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 13,819 antibody tests. Over 10.9 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 (181), Kyiv Oblast (50), Dnipro Oblast (41), Lviv Oblast (29) and Vinnytsya Oblast (24).
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from May 16, 2021 to July 7, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
State of vaccination
Vaccination in Ukraine began on Feb. 24 and by July 8, over 2.1 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine, while over 1 million have received both doses.
In the last 24 hours, a total of 104,680 people received the vaccine, including 62,651 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.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between May 16, 2021 and July 7, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
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.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 vaccinations from April 1, 2021 to July 7, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
Ukraine has received over 5 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 since the start of its vaccination campaign, the Ministry of Health announced on July 5. Nearly 8 million doses are expected by the end of July.
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 June 9, when 66,690 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, purchased with state funds, were delivered in Ukraine. A day before UNICEF delivered 117,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to Ukraine as part of the global COVAX initiative. The country is expecting 473,850 more doses soon.
Ukraine also received 705,600 doses of AstraZeneca on June 4. These vaccines will mostly be used to inoculate those who received their first dose of AstraZeneca before.
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 the vaccine, $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
Due to the decreasing daily new cases of coronavirus, the Cabinet of Ministers on June 7 eased the restrictions, allowing businesses like restaurants to work around the clock.
Mass events will be allowed if all participants and organizers of the event have a negative COVID-19 test conducted no more than 72 hours before the event, or proper vaccination documentation.
The government has also changed the requirements for regions to be considered a “green” quarantine zone. Now, regions are “green” if their number of new infections does not exceed 75 per 100,000 people in the past 14 days, the rate of COVID-19 infection is less than 4%, the number of PCR and antigen test results do not fall under 300 per 100,000 in the past seven days and no other region is in the “red” zone.
Currently, all oblasts in Ukraine are in the “green” quarantine zone.
