Ministry of Health plans to give all Ukrainians opportunity to have free vaccination by 2022

To recap, within the global COVAX initiative, Ukraine will receive 117,000 doses of BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine in mid-February. We also expect the AstraZeneca vaccine to be delivered in February. The Ministry of Health estimates that about 1 million doses of this vaccine will be delivered.

According to the vaccination plan announced by the Cabinet of Ministers, 367 thousand medical workers, employees of hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, military personnel from the Joint Forces Operation zone will be vaccinated in the first stage, in February-April.

In general, vaccination plans are as follows:

• in April-May, 1.9 million primary care physicians and people over the age of 80;
• in May-June, 363 thousand of all other health care providers;
• in June-July, 2.9 million people aged 70-79;
• in July-August, 640 thousand employees of the state security structure;
• in August-September, 2.3 million people aged 65-69;
• in September-October, 1.4 million education workers;
• in October-November, 2.8 million people aged 60-64;
• in November-December, 1.7 million people from other categories.