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Europe remains closed to unvaccinated Ukrainians

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Europe remains closed to unvaccinated Ukrainians
(Oleg Petrasiuk)

Due to its low vaccination rate and large number of Covid-19 cases, Ukraine remains on the Council of Europe’s red travel list, which gets updated every two weeks.

That means non-essential travelers from Ukraine are restricted from entering the European Union. Individual EU countries may lift restrictions for vaccinated Ukrainians. Ukraine has fully vaccinated only 23% of the population. It has the lowest vaccination rate in Europe.

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Daryna Antoniuk

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Daryna Antoniuk is a tech reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She worked in the same role at the Kyiv Post and has focused on Ukrainian startups, investment and the fintech market. Antoniuk previously was a tech reporter for Forbes Ukraine. Her work has also been published at Sifted and The Record. She graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv with BA in journalism and communications.

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