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Ukraine: Health workers welcome COVID-19 vaccination drive – Washington Post

Ukraine has launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign Wednesday in hopes of halting the spread of the coronavirus that has put a significant strain on the country’s…

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It is better to prevent infections than to treat the complications of the disease later, said Yevgeny Gorenko, an intensive care specialist who was the first person to receive a shot on Wednesday. Gorenko works in a COVID-19 ward at a hospital in Cherkasy, a city 200 kilometers (124 miles) southeast of Kyiv.
Ukrainian authorities plan to vaccinate 14.4 million people this year, or about 35% of the countrys 41-million population.
Officials said the first vaccine supplies will be administered to medical…

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