The Ukrainian cabinet announced on Wednesday a three-week quarantine in local educational facilities, a ban on large-scale public events, and a ban on anti-epidemic products export until June 1 amid the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
KIEV (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th March, 2020) The Ukrainian cabinet announced on Wednesday a three-week quarantine in local educational facilities, a ban on large-scale public events, and a ban on anti-epidemic products export until June 1 amid the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
As of Tuesday, only one COVID-19 case was registered in the country.
"There are plans to introduce a three-week quarantine in educational facilities," the Ukrainian cabinet said in a statement, adding that large-scale events will be banned.
"On March 11, it was decided, at a meeting of the cabinet of ministers, to allocate 100 million hryvnias [$3,900] for the immediate purchasing of personal protective equipment for ministries, agencies and services, and state reserve replenishment. To implement this decision, anti-epidemic products export will be banned until June 1, to guarantee that the population has the needed protective equipment," the statement read on.
