According to him, Kiev is in contact with a number of European, American and Chinese companies, whose vaccines are in the third stage of testing, and is awaiting registration of one of them.

“I feel that the registration will take place before the New Year.

Then the process of manufacturing and supplying these vaccines begins.

I think, in reality, we will receive the vaccine, at best, at the end of the first quarter, ”Maksimov said on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to help Kiev get a vaccine against COVID-19, which is being developed by BioNTech and Pfizer.

On November 9, Pfizer and BioNTech announced a successful Phase III clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine.

According to research results, it has shown a 90% effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 infection.

The vaccine is expected to be registered in the US in November.

The European Commission approved the purchase of 300 million doses of this vaccine.