Red level of epidemic danger introduced in Zakarpattia region from March 8 1 min read
Zakarpattia region is classified as a red level of epidemic danger due to COVID-19.
An extraordinary meeting of the State Commission on Environmental Safety, Manmade Disaster and Emergency Response was held on Saturday, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchynov said. According to the results of the meeting, the State Commission decided to establish the red level of the epidemic danger of the spread of COVID-19 in Zakarpattia region from midnight on March 8, 2021 and to apply restrictive anti-epidemic measures in Zakarpattia region provided for the red level of epidemic danger, Nemchynov wrote in Telegram.
Ukraine to buy 1.9 mln doses of Chinese vaccine against COVID-19 / REUTERS
The Ukrainian Health Ministry has signed a contract for the supply of China s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine.
The ministry has been negotiating with Sinovac since September, according to the president s press service.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the contract had been signed with an experienced vaccine manufacturer. The main thing is that we have carried out a very active multi-month negotiation work and have received concrete results. We will start a large-scale state-run vaccination program soon. We desperately need to protect high-risk social groups, and the state will definitely fulfill this task, the president said.
Govt approves regulation on information system of human resource management in state bodies 2 min read
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting on Monday, December 28, adopted a resolution on the approval of the Regulation on the information system for human resource management in state bodies. This information system is known as HRMIS [Human Resource Management Information System]. This is an important milestone in the reform of public administration, which we are implementing with the support of the European Union. Thanks to HRMIS, the state is switching to electronic personnel management in all public authorities , Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchynov wrote in the Telegram channel.
Ukraine will get 16 million doses of vaccine via COVAX / REUTERS
Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchynov says Ukraine will get 16 million doses of a vaccine as part of COVAX, the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility. Not 8 million [as reported earlier], but 16 million doses of the vaccine. Eight million is the number of doses that need to be injected twice for 4 million citizens. Accordingly, 16 million will be for 8 million citizens. This is what Ukraine will get under COVAX, he told the Dom TV channel.
Read alsoMinister Kuleba says China ready to supply COVID-19 vaccine to UkraineThe minister reiterated Ukraine had already approved a roadmap for mass vaccination against COVID-19. The main thing now is to vaccinate those groups of people who are identified as priority ones.