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11.05.2021
Ukraine increases contract for supply of Pfizer vaccine to 20 mln doses – Stepanov
Ukraine has increased the contract for the supply of Pfizer vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said.
"We've been able to double the supply of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine this calendar year," he said at a briefing on Tuesday.
He recalled that in total, Ukraine currently has contracts for the supply of 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers. In particular, 8 million doses under the COVAX mechanism and 32 million doses under direct contracts with manufacturers.
