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What happened in Kyiv and Moldova around 12 July 2021?
Summary
A look back at a music festival's return in Kyiv and a US vaccine donation to Moldova, reported in the days before 12 July 2021.
What was the mood in the region on 12 July 2021? Two reports from the preceding days point to a gradual return to normal life and to international help with vaccination.
In Kyiv, the Atlas Weekend music festival took place on 11 July 2021, as reported at the time. It returned after a year's break caused by quarantine restrictions.
On 10 July 2021, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that the United States had donated 500,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova. Moldovan President Maia Sandu praised the United States for deploying the vaccine in the country.
Together, the two items showed the pandemic still shaping public life in Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova: events were resuming in Kyiv, while Moldova was receiving doses from abroad.
