In Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Kherson, Lutsk, Uzhgorod, Chernihiv, Poltava, Vinnitsa, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Khmelnitsky city councils strengthened measures to combat the spread of coronavirus. From March 17, only grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations will be allowed. According to the information on the website of the city councils, work will be suspended in the cities during quarantine: cinemas, theaters, museums, libraries and other cultural, entertainment and sports facilities, catering establishments, shopping and entertainment centers, markets, beauty salons, saunas, sports clubs,. In addition, mass meetings, rallies, meetings, lectures, services in the presence of parishioners in religious buildings are prohibited. In normal mode, only pharmacies, grocery stores, banking institutions, gas stations should work. At the same time, as reported by the Ternopil City Council, the city market and the market complex " Sheptytsky will continue to work, as they are equipped with a ventilation, water supply and discharge system.

All other institutions will be closed.. In Lutsk, the work of dental offices of all forms of ownership will be suspended, with the exception of the KP " However, in Rivne, the City Council in addition to pharmacies, grocery stores and gas stations allowed the work of supermarkets and the Epicenter K hypermarket. The city authorities also appealed to citizens to refrain from visiting without the need for places with a large crowd of people, in t. government agencies and local governments.