Ukraine’s coronavirus infections and deaths have reached all-time highs for a second straight day in a growing challenge for the country with one of Europe’s lowest shares of vaccinated people.

Ukrainian health authorities have reported 23,785 new confirmed infections and 614 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to AP.

Authorities in the capital, Kyiv, have shut schools for two weeks and similar measures have been ordered in other areas with high contagion levels.

Overall, the country has registered over 2.7 million infections and about 63,000 deaths.

This photo shows people waiting for their turn at a vaccination centre in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. — AP
This photo shows people waiting for their turn at a vaccination centre in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. — AP

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