11,490 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 recorded in Ukraine as of December 24, 2020. In particular, 488 children and 445 health workers fell ill.. The number of cases of coronavirus in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 1 million. man.
Over the past day in the Kharkiv region revealed 545 new cases of coronavirus. During the same period, 15 people died, 705 - overcame the disease.
As of Thursday morning, December 24, 266 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded among law enforcement officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
*** Catholics around the world celebrate Christmas Eve today. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Ukrainians with congratulations on the occasion of Christmas.
*** President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law to ensure access of Ukrainian citizens to quality vaccines against COVID-19.
*** The Ministry of Health of Ukraine approved a roadmap for vaccination against coronavirus in the country for 2021-2022, which is supposed to cover at least 50 percent of the population.
*** Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told how Ukraine can get a vaccine against COVID-19. He noted that negotiations on obtaining vaccines are being held at the level of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
*** The Ministry of Health plans to create about 50 COVID vaccination centers in Ukraine. This was during a briefing, said the Minister of Health Maxim Stepanov. According to him, these centers are being organized according to the European model, using the experience of leading countries..
*** The Cabinet of Ministers extended the work of catering establishments on New Year's Eve until 7:00.
*** President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a working trip to Zaporizhzhya region.
*** Ukrposhta will extend the current contract for the delivery of pensions in January and February at 2020 tariffs and continue discussing new tariffs for 2021. The corresponding proposal of the postal operator was accepted by the Pension Fund of Ukraine.
*** There are 5 scenarios for the development of events in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions from the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, while events are developing according to the first scenario. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.
*** The Court of Justice of the European Union overturned the decision on the imposition of sanctions on the fugitive ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine during the Yanukovych era, Mykola Azarov.
*** The Ministry of Defense has submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers a draft strategy of military security of Ukraine.
*** For 2020, the non-combat losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were almost one and a half times higher than the combat. Died in the JFO zone. So, in the JFO zone, 49 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, while they committed suicide or became victims of domestic killings and the death of 70 soldiers.
*** Kharkiv Regional Council adopted the budget for 2021.