He expects that the country's first coronavirus vaccine will be given this week.
“We expect the delivery of the vaccine to Ukraine.
As soon as she arrives, we will immediately start vaccination.
We were confident that the vaccine should have been available before February 15, "RIA Novosti quotes him.
As the minister noted, Ukraine's expectations regarding the start date of vaccination were not met due to logistical problems.
"I think that they will be solved in a few days ... I really hope that this week we will already have the first vaccination against coronavirus," he added.
Stepanov also said that with the supply of vaccines to Ukraine within the framework of the COVAX mechanism, “certain bureaucratic problems” arose that did not depend on the Ukrainian side.
Earlier, Stepanov said that vaccination against coronavirus in Ukraine would begin on February 15.