He is one of an influx of young patients to the infectious diseases hospital in Ukraine's capital, which has seen the coronavirus pandemic hit children much harder in recent months.Fixing an oxygen mask on her son, the 29-year-old adds that she has lost seven kilogrammes due to anxiety since he fell ill.
The latest wave has already brought the first Covid deaths in the hospital since Ukraine's outbreak began in spring 2020: two babies and a disabled eight-year-old boy.One of Europe's poorest countries, ex-Soviet Ukraine has been hit hard by the latest wave of coronavirus infections driven by the Delta variant, which is more contagious and dangerous for children.
The initiative has been denounced as "populist" by Zelensky's opponents, but 49-year-old infectious disease doctor Vitaliy Yevtushenko sees it as "a normal practice" and pleads for children to be vaccinated as well.So far only some 30,000 young people have received at least one dose, the health ministry told AFP.
Oksana Potapchuk -- who herself is vaccinated -- has spent three days in hospital with her 8-year-old son Roman, who is fed up with wearing his oxygen mask and taking endless blood tests."I have not seen reliable studies on these vaccines," the 32-year-old manicurist says.
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