By the end of 2021 Kyrgyzstan failed to achieve 40 percent coverage of population with vaccination. The Director of the Republican Center for Immunoprophylaxis of the Ministry of Health Gulbara Ishenapysova told at a press conference in Bishkek.
«According to the strategy of the World Health Organization, 70 percent of the total population should be vaccinated by July to create herd immunity in the republic. We are working on it,» she said.
The highest coverage with the second dose of the vaccine — 69 percent — is registered in Talas region, 65 percent — in Issyk-Kul and Osh regions. At least 64 percent are vaccinated in Naryn region, 60 percent — in Osh and 45 percent — in Batken region. The lowest vaccination rates are in Bishkek and Chui region — 34 and 33 percent, respectively.
