Mykolaiv region and 7 other frontline regions received special refrigerators for storing vaccines

Mykolaiv region and 7 frontline regions received special refrigerators for storing vaccines. Photo: UNICEF

UNICEF, with the support of the EU and the Government of Japan, has transferred almost 700 modern refrigerators for storing vaccines to eight frontline regions of Ukraine, including the Mykolaiv region.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health.

It is noted that by the end of the year, they plan to deliver another 220 such refrigerators to medical institutions in the country.

Now almost 98% of vaccination points in Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Odessa regions are equipped with refrigeration equipment that meets world standards.

Refrigerators are able to maintain the required temperature for up to two and a half days even in the event of a power outage.

«We are improving the work of vaccination points in front-line regions, and are also helping medical facilities prepare for possible power outages,» said Munir Mammadzade, Head of the UNICEF Representative Office in Ukraine.

Recall that Denmark helped to renovate the surgical department of the Korabelnyi district hospital in Mykolaiv.