KYIV, May 21 – Some 500,000 doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines from the Chinese manufacturer Sinovac will be delivered to Ukraine on May 26, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said during the hour of questions to the government on Friday in the Verkhovna Rada.
"Some 240,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine have already been delivered to Ukraine under COVAX. By the end of May, almost 350,000 more doses should be delivered, in the second quarter – 500,000, and other deliveries – in the third and fourth quarters, respectively. Novavax plans to supply 4 million doses in August, followed by 2 million doses per month, AstraZeneca – 6.8 million under COVAX, and 2 million – from the Serum Institute [500,000 each in May, June, July]. We expect 1.2 million vaccines from Poland and partner countries promise us 100,000 each. Sinovac – 500,000 doses on May 26 and another 200,000 doses – at the beginning of June," he said.
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