NSDC Secretary Aleksey Danilov added that vaccination can prevent the emergence of a new wave of the disease.
Danilov said that the wave of COVID-19 in Ukraine is expected in February / photo from UNIAN
A new wave of COVID-19 due to the spread of the Omicron strain in Ukraine is invariably expected in February.
As a UNIAN correspondent reports, NSDC Secretary Aleksey Danilov said this at a briefing after today’s meeting of the Security Council.
“As for Omicron: we have not changed our forecasts yet. We expect that the wave will reach us in February. All this will depend on the number of those persons who will be outside our country today, on these holidays. It is from there (from abroad – UNIAN) that they can bring it to us, “Danilov said.
He clarified that 80% of people who were found to be infected with the Omicron strain were abroad.
Read alsoGrief record holder: Ukrainian received more than 15 doses of COVID vaccine of the Reward Council (video)Danilov added that vaccination can prevent the emergence of a new wave of the disease.
“The President quite harshly raised the question to the Minister of Health (Viktor Lyashko) how to ensure the level of vaccination (which we had 300 thousand a day, but today it is reduced to 120-150 thousand), – to return to the level of 300 thousand and this is our a common task for people to be vaccinated, “Danilov emphasized.
“Omicron” in Ukraine – what is known
On December 14, Danilov suggested that the incidence of COVID-19 would rise again in Ukraine in February.
On December 18, Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko announced the discovery in Ukraine of the first case of infection with the Omicron coronavirus strain.
On December 21, Deputy Minister of Health – Chief State Sanitary Doctor Igor Kuzin said that the patient, who was the first in Ukraine to have Omicron, had been vaccinated and already had a negative PCR test.
Read alsoIn Ukraine, two regions fell into the “orange” epidemic zoneHe urged Ukrainians not to hesitate with vaccinations, including with the introduction of a booster dose of the vaccine, in order to avoid the emergence of another wave of coronavirus disease.
As of December 29, six cases of Omicron infection were recorded in Ukraine.
On December 30, it became known that in the Zhytomyr region, two cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain were found in women who arrived from Italy.
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