For this purpose, UAH 100 million (US$3.5 million) was allocated in the state budget this year.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky advocates the creation of a laboratory for the development of vaccines.
Speaking at a regular meeting at the President's Office, the president stressed Ukraine urgently needs to prepare a state-of-the-art laboratory for the development of vaccines and medicines, according to the presidential press service.
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"We need to convene our wise heads and provide them with working conditions at the level of western experts. Ukraine needs such a laboratory not only during this pandemic. In general, this may become a solution to the challenges of the future," Zelensky said.
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