Vaccination against the Omicron coronavirus strain will be available in Ukraine: when and where

Vaccination against the Omicron coronavirus strain will be available in Ukraine: when and where

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December 9 2023, 02:05 AM  •  32425 views

A new omicron-specific vaccine from Pfizer, more effective against variants of Omicron, is now available in Ukraine and will be distributed to vaccination centers in all regions next week.

A new a new omicron-specific vaccine that is more effective against the coronavirus strain, and it is already available in Ukraine. Next week, you can get vaccinated will be available at vaccination centers in all regions of Ukraine. This was announced by the Chief Sanitary Doctor of of Ukraine Ihor Kuzin said during a briefing, UNN reports

У The world is now changing the configuration of vaccines. Most often now the general recommendation is to use an omicron of a specific vaccine, that is, one that contains at least a few key components of the strain "Omicron strain is more effective. That is why the week before last, another batch of the week before last, another batch of the omicron-specific vaccine was delivered to Ukraine, this time by Pfizer. This week and next week it will be distributed to the regions of Ukraine. It will be available in all regions starting in the middle of next werek

said Kuzin

Details

Now all sub-variants of Omicron are currently circulating in Ukraine. According to Kuzin, there used to be about 13 different subtypes, and now there are 17. who are at risk are recommended to renew or undergo a course of vaccination.

However the Chief Medical Officer also noted that, in general, all vaccines are quite effective against any strain of coronavirus. "Therefore, it is very important to understand that if you vaccinated with the usual course, or at the beginning of the pandemic you were vaccinated, for example, with the AstraZeneca vaccine, then the immunity that has been formed is quite sufficient and there is no need to to look for something else."

To recap

In region delivered 56,160 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 Comirnaty vaccine for free vaccinations for adults and children aged 5 to 12 years old. 

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