New Ukraine health minister vows to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations


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  • Thursday, 20 May 2021

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament named a new health minister on Thursday, who promised to speed up vaccinations against COVID-19, including by trying to make vaccines domestically.

Viktor Lyashko, previously a deputy health minister, was promoted to replace Maksym Stepanov, who was fired this week after Prime Minister Denys Shmygal accused him of failing to supply vaccines quickly enough.

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