Up to 40% of Ukrainians are now immune to COVID-19, according to Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
The official referred to preliminary figures from a national serologic study showing that nearly 33% of the country’s population have already sustained the disease and acquired immunity to it.
“Besides, if we take into account vaccinated people, we believe between 38% and 40% in our country are now immune,” Danilov said on July 16.
Nonetheless, he added, it is still too early to cease quarantine restrictions.
“I’d like to call on everyone to maximize the vaccination pace, and we believe all interested will be vaccinated in the nearest time,” Danilov said.
According to Ukraine’s Health Ministry, over 4 million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been made in the country since the national immunization program launched in late February.
As of July 16, a total of over 2.6 million have received the first jab, while 1.4 million have been fully vaccinated.
