Ukraine started vaccinating yesterday against Covid-19

Ukraine started vaccinating yesterday against Covid-19, targeting doctors, nurses and soldiers. The first 500,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Kyiv Tuesday from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer. Ukraine has reserved 22 million doses of vaccine. It is negotiating to secure more to cover half of the adult population this year. After an infection lull, Ukraine is experiencing an uptick with 5,850 new cases reported for the 24-hour period ending Wednesday morning. Over the last year, 1.16 million Ukrainians are known to have recovered from Covid-19, and 25,461 have died.