During a working trip to the Luhansk region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was vaccinated against COVID-19, as was reported by the press-service of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
The Head of State was vaccinated on the territory of the military mobile hospital № 59 together with military doctors and defenders who perform combat tasks on the frontline and are already undergoing planned vaccination.
The servicemen with whom the President was vaccinated said that before the procedure everyone was examined; doctors measured their temperature, pressure and oxygen saturation. No one demonstrated immediate side effects.
"I think this vaccine (Oxford/AstraZeneca (Covishield) - ed.) is of high quality, it is one of the best in the world. It is impossible to overcome COVID-19 only by means of protection. You will have to be vaccinated. I believe that the vaccine is a real way to return to normal life," the President said.
The President was vaccinated with the Indian Covishield vaccine.
“Got vaccinated against #COVID19. Did this on the frontline with our soldiers as Supreme C-in-C. The same Oxford/AstraZeneca (Covishield) from India, which was delivered 1st to