Second wave: Ukraine is on the verge of tightening quarantine measures

The incidence rate of COVID-19 in Ukraine has increased and now stands at 58 people per 100 thousand population. This was stated at a traditional conference call to prevent the spread of coronavirus with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the news agency reports. At the same time, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal previously stated that the figure of 60 sick people per 100,000 population is a limit under which quarantine restrictions should be strengthened, both at the country level and at the level of individual regions. Zelensky bypassed the topic of strengthening quarantine restrictions, but said that in the country both the level of use of IVL-s and the mortality rate are quite low. We also began to better protect medical professionals. If in mid-April among the sick doctors made up a fifth, now there are 9.5% of them, the president said. At the meeting, it was once again stated that the Ukrainian authorities are preparing for the second wave of the epidemic. Earlier today, at a briefing, the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health Maxim Stepanov said that the introduction of strict quarantine restrictions is possible only with a significant complication of the situation. This is when the medical system will not be able to cope with the number of patients COVID-19 When the situation worsens, serious additional restrictions may be introduced, including hard quarantine, he said.