India is suspending delivery of 75% of Ukraine’s order of 1.9 million AstraZeneca Covishield vaccines,

in part because of a coronavirus upsurge in India, and in part because of “defamatory statements about India as a manufacturer of medicines,” Mykhailo Radutsky, Servant of the People Chair of the Rada Health Committee, wrote on Facebook. Recently, many Ukrainians refused the Indian vaccine, saying that it was ‘Third World’ and demanding the same vaccine, but produced in the UK. During the first month of the vaccination campaign, only 155,587 people have received a shot – one third of the stock received from India.