KIEV, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine will start the 5th stage of its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Wednesday, during which it is planned to immunize all citizens, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
"We are receiving more and more vaccines against COVID-19, and we are creating more and more vaccination points, centers, mobile immunization teams," Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said.
"This makes it possible to open vaccination to all citizens and protect as many people as possible from coronavirus disease, in particular from the new Delta variant, which has already reached Ukraine," he added.
As of Wednesday, 2,245,930 COVID-19 cases and 52,769 related deaths have been reported and 4.1 million vaccine shots have been administered in Ukraine, said the country's health authorities. Enditem
