KYIV, May 11 – President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine should agree on a strategic partnership with manufacturers of vaccines against various diseases, as well as create its own facilities for the rapid production of vaccines against coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the event that a decision is made at the international level to open public access to the formulas of the vaccine against COVID-19.

According to the presidential press service on Tuesday, Zelensky made a statement during a conference call on countering COVID-19.

It is noted that during the event, Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov reported that on May 9, another 500,000 doses of CoronaVac vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech arrived in Ukraine. Separately, the official touched upon the topic of influenza vaccination in the fall of 2021, offering to purchase approximately 2.5 million doses of vaccines for the main risk groups.