KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said in a video statement that all Ukrainians who were vaccinated against COVID-19 would receive a 1,000 hryvnia ($38) payment.

Ukraine has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe and is grappling with its worst phrase of the pandemic, with deaths hitting a new daily record of 833 last week.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets; writing by Matthias Williams; editing by Chris Reese)

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