Vaccination of people from risk groups from the coronavirus can start in August, said Minister of health Michael Murashko.
"We are currently looking for some categories," he said.
Primarily the drug will be offered to health workers and those most often confronted with infected COVID-19 people.
While Murashko did not specify when it planned to begin a mass vaccination.
The Minister said that release of the drug will be in the special conditions in parallel will collect the data about its effectiveness and safety. The registration can be obtained already in the first week of August.
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