About 60 doctors and nurses, including ambulance workers, have been vaccinated since February 25, she said. The very next day, almost half of them felt the strongest malaise. ‘There was a reaction in the form of an increase in temperature from 37.2 to 38.5 degrees. Deterioration of the general condition’ explained Yakimenko.

After that, other doctors began to massively refuse vaccinations. During the appointment, they thought they would receive the American drug BioNTech / Pfizer. ’It was she who initially agreed to vaccinate 496 medical workers. As a result, we got Indian-made AstraZeneca, ‘the official said.

As of March 1, only three thousand Ukrainian citizens received the coronavirus vaccine. In total, Kiev will be able to apply for the supply of 2.2 to 3.7 million doses of AstraZeneca.

Earlier, the Ukrainian government banned the registration of Russian vaccines against coronavirus in Ukrainian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed there was no evidence of the effectiveness of the Sputnik V drug. Yet, the Sputnik V vaccine is the world’s most eagerly sought response to the flu-like virus.