In Ukraine, 93.5% of education workers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Education Minister Serhiy Shkarlet has informed on Telegram.
According the minister, the highest percentage of education workers now fully vaccinated is in Kharkiv region – 98%, Poltava region – 97.7%, Kyiv region – 96.9%, Donetsk region – 96.8%, and Dnipropetrovsk region – 96.9%.
In particular, two doses of COVID-19 vaccine were given to education workers of specialized education facilities (97.3%), professional education facilities (96.9%), general secondary schools (95.1%), preschool education facilities, vocational education facilities (89.6%), and higher education facilities (87.3%).
According to the minister, 7,874 general secondary schools have been transferred to distance learning, another 47 schools are on vacation.