President of Ukraine

The situation with COVID-19 in Ukraine is improving, vaccination of the population is being intensified - meeting with the President

31 May 2021 - 14:46

The situation with COVID-19 in Ukraine is improving, vaccination of the population is being intensified - meeting with the President

There is a positive trend in the incidence of COVID-19 in Ukraine, all regions are currently in the "yellow" zone. This was discussed at a conference call chaired by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, all epidemic indicators actually reached the level of September 2020 - both in terms of the number of occupied beds and the number of active patients, of which there are currently 110,876 people.

Of 74,675 beds for patients with COVID-19, 14,451, or 19%, are occupied. The number of occupied ventilators (893 out of 6700) and intensive care beds (30% occupied) also continues to decrease.

This weekend in Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa, mass vaccination of people who signed up for vaccination through Diia app began. Vaccination points were organized at sports facilities, stadiums and sports complexes. Nine thousand people were vaccinated on Saturday and more than 6,100 on Sunday. These are the highest rates over the weekend since the start of the vaccination campaign. From next weekend we will expand this practice," the Prime Minister told the President.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy commissioned to analyze and forecast the development of the situation with the incidence of COVID-19 in the autumn of this year.

Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko informed the President about the plans to vaccinate the population.

It was also noted at the meeting that in pursuance of the President's decree, humanitarian aid was sent to India on May 30: oxygen concentrators and ventilators.