Ukraine has registered 749 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 30. The total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic is over 2.2 million.
In the past 24 hours, 291 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 18 have died.
More than 2.2 million people have recovered from COVID-19 and 53,738 have died since the pandemic hit Ukraine.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 9,617 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 1,650 antibody tests. Over 11.9 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 (148), Chernivtsi Oblast (74), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (72), Odesa Oblast (49) and Ternopil Oblast (48).
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths, and recoveries from June 16, 2021 to Aug. 30, 2021.
State of vaccination
As of Aug. 30, 3.6 million Ukrainians are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and additionally nearly 1.7 million people have received the first of the two doses. The vaccination campaign started on Feb. 24.
In the last 24 hours, 13,320 people received their first dose of vaccine, while 28,157 received the second dose, completing their vaccination.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 vaccinations from June 16, 2021 to Aug. 29, 2021. All data released by the Ministry of Health.
Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko has announced that the fifth and final stage of COVID-19 vaccination in Ukraine began on July 21. This means that all willing adults will be able to get a jab.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Health now allows voluntary COVID-19 vaccination of children over the age of 12 with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, starting July 30.
Children over 12 can get the Pfizer vaccine if they have a high risk of severe disease related to COVID-19, are traveling abroad where the vaccine is mandatory or have already received the first dose of Pfizer in another country.
Anyone registered to be vaccinated through the government app Diia can get vaccinated on the weekends at one of the country’s 197 mass vaccination centers. Kyiv’s main mass vaccination center is based inside the International Exhibition Center near the Livoberezhna metro station but a new one has opened up in Kyiv Boryspil International Airport.
Ukraine currently vaccinates its people with Pfizer, Sinovac, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines. On July 5, Ukraine authorized the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for use.
On July 21, Kyiv’s primary mass vaccination center started offering Moderna and Pfizer vaccines to everyone, as well as CoronaVac.
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.
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 the Pfizer 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.
Ukraine was waiting for 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca and 10 million doses of Novavax. However, the Serum Institute was not able to export the promised vials due to a dire local situation. Thus Ukraine has suspended its contract with the Indian vaccine manufacturer.
Due to the decreasing daily new cases of coronavirus, the Cabinet of Ministers on June 7 eased the restrictions, allowing businesses such as restaurants to work around the clock.
Mass events are 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.
Yet Igor Kuzin, Deputy Minister of Health and Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine predicts the return of Ukraine to the “red zone” in the fall, calling on Ukrainians to vaccinate.
Travel restrictions
Mykhailo Radutsky, head of the parliamentary health committee said on Aug. 2 that in the upcoming week Ukrainians and foreigners will have to take a COVID-19 test when entering the country to minimize the risk of spreading the most widespread coronavirus Delta variant.
The exceptions are vaccinated Ukrainians and foreigners with COVID-19 vaccine certificates. As of Aug. 18, only one shot is required to be able to skip PCR tests or self-isolation on arrival.
For travelers not vaccinated with WHO-approved vaccines from Russia and India, self-isolation will be mandatory if they stayed in either of those countries for more than 7 days.
