The Minister of Health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov said that over the past day, 20,341 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in the country, which is the largest indicator during a pandemic.
“20 341 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine as of April 3, 2021. In particular, 809 children and 473 health workers fell ill”, – Stepanov said on his Facebook page.
During the coronavirus pandemic in Ukraine, more than 1.7 million people were infected, 34 thousand died. Vaccination started at the end of February, but currently 286 thousand people are vaccinated, and only two of them received the second dose of the Indian vaccine Covishield. According to experts, in order to form collective immunity, Ukrainian doctors need to vaccinate about 100 thousand people a day.