The first batch of Indian vaccine from COVID-19 was delivered to Ukraine

 

 A plane landed at Boryspil Airport, delivering to Ukraine the first batch of 500,000 doses of the Indian-made Oxford / AstraZeneca (Covishield) coronavirus vaccine with reference to the CTS.

According to the Minister, a cargo plane with the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine has already landed in Ukraine.

    “The first batch of half a million doses was received. Now we are urgently clearing the cargo and the vaccine will immediately go to the regions so that we can start vaccinations in accordance with the first stage of vaccination, ”he said.

Oxford / AstraZeneca (Covishield) applied for registration with the State Department of Health on February 15. Ukraine has a law that simplifies the procedure for registering COVID-19 vaccines and reduces it to five working days.

The Oxford / AstraZeneca emergency vaccine has previously been approved by the World Health Organization and approved by the United Kingdom, the European Union and India. Ukraine received confirmation of the supply of 2.2-3.7 million doses of Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccines under the COVAX mechanism in the I-II quarter of 2021. In addition, this vaccine will be purchased at public expense directly from the manufacturers.

Ukraine has also entered into additional direct contracts for the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine, developed with the participation of AstraZeneca (UK-Sweden) and NovaVax (USA), which are manufactured at Serum Institute facilities (India).