In a statement on Wednesday, Igor Ivashchenko, the county’s deputy health minister, said the “decision was made by the Ministry of Health on the basis of a study of registration certificates, materials on clinical trials on safety and efficacy and benefit/risk analysis”.
The approval now brings to three, the number of vaccines authorised for emergency use in Ukraine after AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines were registered.
The country started its vaccination campaign in February, and has reportedly witnessed a spike in infections and hospitalisations.
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