The Ukrainian authorities have plans to abandon the procurement of all vaccines produced in Russia, and among them against tuberculosis, they have the possibility to change drugs from the countries of Central Asia, said health Minister Alexander Kvitashvili.

"The Russian Vaccine to Ukraine will not go. Vaccine BCG (Vaccine against tuberculosis], which currently are carried across the country, Polish production. And We will try in the future of Russian producers to prevent the Ukrainian market, especially BCG, " said Kvitashvili at a press conference on the first day of the week.

Thus He has specified that Ukraine buys fifteen kinds of vaccines that, according to his statement, is a pretty small number for a country such as Ukraine. He noted, which Ukraine wants to buy Vaccines, refusing Russian.

"We will replace (Vaccine - ed.), humanitarian aid, We talk with several countries of Central Asia," said Kvitashvili.

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