The deputy minister has elaborated on risk groups that would first be provided with vaccines.
Half of Ukraine's population will be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in 2021, says Deputy Health Minister Viktor Liashko.
The Ministry of Health intends to have 20.9 million Ukrainians belonging to various risk groups vaccinated, Liashko told journalists, according to RBC-Ukraine.
These categories include:
Read alsoUkraine not to buy Russian vaccine, health minister says
On November 8, Deputy Minister of Health Viktor Liashko said that the COVAX facility has confirmed plans to provide a free coronavirus vaccine for about 4 million Ukrainian citizens who will be able to get vaccinated in the first half of 2021.
On November 24, President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about the first stage of vaccination and named priority categories of citizens to be vaccinated.