Ukraine's health minister has urged more citizens to get vaccinated as coronavirus deaths hit a daily record of 734, with hospitalisations up more than a fifth on the previous week. reports Reuters.
One of Europe's poorest countries, Ukraine fell behind in the race for vaccine supplies this year and so far only around seven million in a population of 41m are fully vaccinated.
Ukraine has registered a total of 2.8 million coronavirus cases and 64,936 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
