The mayor of Kharkov Gennady Kernes said that the city plans to launch the subway on May 12. He believes that the coronavirus will not spread in the subway due to the fact that large hoods work there..
" In no country in the world did they close the metro. Even in Italy and Spain the metro worked. The Cabinet of Ministers do not understand this. In B. They believe that this is a hotbed of coronavirus.
But this is not so, because powerful extractor hoods work in the subway, "
Kharkiv Mer noted that the city wants to let a limited number of people into the subway. He noted that in all other matters it will be synchronized with orders of the Cabinet of Ministers..
" We want to convey this to the Prime Minister, but I can’t get through to him.. Already a week. He doesn’t pick up the phone, ”said Kernes..
We previously reported that the metro in Kiev may open on May 18, but this is not official information.