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Inside joint effort to provide Ukrainians with healthcare amid war
With her husband’s dependence on cancer treatments, the war is the worst thing that could have happened to Bucha resident Halyna Opalat. “He needs to be on an IV, but we weren’t able to make it to Kyiv,” said the 69-year-old, whose travel was blocked by Russians, then

Covid-19 patients face dilemma of infecting others while hiding in bomb shelters
In late February, Kyiv resident Serhii Fokin had a tough decision to make: walk into a bomb shelter during an air raid and risk infecting those around him, or stay at home, risking being killed by a Russian missile. Fokin chose the second option, staying in his apartment’s corridor

Covid-19 in Ukraine: 38,212 new cases, 265 new deaths, and 20,260 new vaccinations.
In the past 24 hours, 3,753 people were hospitalized, and 19,943 recovered.

Analysts forecast up to 52,000 daily Covid-19 cases in early February
Ukraine could register up to 52,000 daily Covid-19 cases in early February, reaching its peak of incidence, according to the latest report published by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Experts claim that the number of new cases is now doubling every week, and given the experience of

Ukraine records highest-ever daily number of new Covid-19 cases
Ukraine has registered 32,393 new cases of Covid-19 on Jan. 27. It is the highest-ever number detected in the country since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Out of them, the largest number of cases have been recorded in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (2,862), Lviv Oblast (2,696), Zhytomyr

Covid-19 cases, deaths rise in Kyiv amid latest outbreak
Kyiv is seeing a rapid increase in new coronavirus cases, as another Covid-19 wave is gripping Ukraine. The capital detected 1,919 new daily cases on Jan. 25, the highest number since early November. Kyiv also registered the highest number of Covid-19 deaths compared to any region in Ukraine on

Health ministry announces new Covid-19 outbreak in western Ukraine
The Ministry of Health announced the beginning of a new Covid-19 outbreak, as 18,479 new cases were recorded nationwide on Jan. 19. The ministry identified western Ukraine, specifically Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, as having the highest number of cases. On Jan. 20, Health Minister Viktor Lyashko asked local authorities to place

Ukraine introduces price regulation for basic foodstuffs until end of pandemic
On Jan. 12, the Cabinet of Ministers announced it would manually regulate prices for a number of essential food items amid record inflation in the past three years. The list includes sugar, wheat flour, buckwheat, pasta, milk, butter, chicken eggs, and poultry. Government officials have set a maximum permitted trade

Ukraine to consider vaccination of children over 5 years old
Chief State Sanitary Doctor Ihor Kuzin revealed that the Ministry of Health is considering allowing children over the age of 5 to receive the Covid-19 vaccine starting April. In an interview with BBC Ukraine, Kuzin stated that this decision is being considered as other countries that implemented vaccination for children

Ukraine to reduce validity of Covid-19 certificates to 9 months
Ukraine's Deputy Health Minister Maria Karchevych has announced on Jan. 10 that Ukraine will shorten the validity period of Covid-19 vaccine certificates from a full year to 270 days. Karchevych said in a TV interview that the decision will likely be made "sometime this week" and will follow the same

Ukraine approves booster shots for adults
Health Minister Viktor Lyashko announced the approval of booster shots for all fully vaccinated Ukrainian adults. The Ministry of Health has also eased the rules for mixing Covid-19 vaccines for the first, second, and booster doses. Lyashko published the announcement on social media, citing the record-breaking numbers of infections in

Ukraine offers booster doses for people 60 and older, eases rules for mixing vaccines
Ukraine has begun offering booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine for citizens aged 60 and over. The booster doses will become available six months after completing vaccination. Earlier, Ukraine was offering booster doses only to doctors and staff of senior care facilities, having only authorized them on Dec. 22. As of

Health Ministry: Omicron infection wave to start in Ukraine in mid-January
Ukraine is likely to face a new wave of Covid-19 cases starting mid-January and running through February, due to the new highly transmissible strain Omicron, Deputy Minister of Health Ihor Kuzin told the public Ukrainian Radio (Suspilne) on Jan. 1. He said the wave will likely peak in mid-February. Kyiv

Hospital fire kills 3 patients, injures staff in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
A fire killed three patients and injured four medical staff in the intensive care unit of Kosiv Central District Hospital in western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast on Dec. 28. Preliminary data from the investigation suggests that the accident happened due to human error. According to the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State

Ukraine approves booster doses for healthcare, orphanage employees
Healthcare workers and employees of orphanages are now eligible for a third booster vaccine dose against Covid-19, according to a press release published by the Ministry of Health on Dec. 22. People in these lines of work can receive their third shot if six months have elapsed since they got

Ukrainians spend Hr 1,000 vaccination bounty on cinemas, books, theaters
Ukrainians who got Hr 1,000 from the government for getting their coronavirus shots are mainly spending it on cinema, books and theaters, according to new stats from the Ministry of Culture. The government began paying its promised cash rewards on Dec. 19 through the Diia mobile app. The bounty,
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