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Ukraine has registered 1,602 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on June 7. The total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic is over 2.2 million.

In the past 24 hours, 6,751 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 118 have died.

Since the start of the pandemic, 51,333 people have died in Ukraine and over 2.09 million people have recovered from the disease.

The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Kyiv (627), Rivne Oblast (471), Poltava Oblast (380), Donetsk Oblast (356) and Kharkiv Oblast (345).

Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 33,355 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 13,380 antibody tests in the past 24 hours. Over 10.3 million PCR tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.

Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from April 16, 2021 to June 7, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.

In the past 24 hours, 483 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19.

Vaccination

Vaccination in Ukraine began on Feb. 24, and by June 7, over 1.2 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine, while 152,142 people received both doses.

In the last 24 hours, a total of 48,161 people received the vaccine, including 5,024 who received the second dose.

Since April 24, Ukraine has been in the second stage of the vaccination campaign, inoculating medical staff, military service members and people over 80 years old. However, people who fall outside these categories may be able to receive surplus doses. The Health Ministry accepts online and telephone applications from Ukrainians who want to be put on the waiting list for the vaccine.

Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between April 16, 2021 and June 7, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.

Also, in Kyiv, anyone registered to be vaccinated through the government app Diya can get vaccinated on weekends at the city’s first mass vaccination center. It’s based inside the International Exhibition Center on Kyiv’s left bank. Here’s how to get vaccinated there.

Ukraine currently vaccinates its people with Pfizer, Sinovac, and AstraZeneca vaccines.

Up till now, Ukraine has received less than 3 million doses of various vaccines, but expects more supplies soon.

Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 vaccinations from April 1, 2021 to June 7, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.

U.S. pharmaceutical Pfizer will provide 20 million doses of vaccine to Ukraine by the end of 2021, according to the now-former Health Minister Maksym Stepanov. Ukraine is set to receive the first 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in June 2021, 4.5 million doses in July-September, and the remaining 15 million doses before the end of the year, according to Stepanov.

The latest delivery of vaccines took place on June 4, when Ukraine received 705,600 doses of AstraZeneca. These vaccines will mostly be used to inoculate those who received their first dose of AstraZeneca before.

The Ministry of Health and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) signed a $90 million agreement to launch the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Vaccination in Ukraine project, as announced by the Ministry of Health on its Facebook page on May 18. Forty million dollars are to be used to purchase the vaccine, $30 million will be allocated for the deployment of vaccination against COVID-19, with the remaining funds used to strengthen the capacity of testing for COVID-19.

Ukraine is also among the countries set to receive a share of the 25 million doses pledged by the U.S. in humanitarian aid, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced on June 4.

Quarantine restrictions eased

Currently, all oblasts in Ukraine are in the “yellow” quarantine zone.

Due to the decreasing daily new cases of coronavirus, the Cabinet of Ministers on June 7 allowed businesses like restaurants to work around the clock and made it it easier for regions to return to “green” status.

Regions can be “green” if their number of new infections does not exceed 75 per 100,000 people in the past 14 days, the rate of COVID-19 infection is less than 4%, the number of PCR and antigen test results do not fall under 300 per 100,000 in the past seven days and no other region is in the “red.”

Mass events will be allowed if all participants and organizers of the event have a negative COVID-19 test conducted no more than 72 hours before the event, or proper vaccination documentation.