On January 13 in the eastern, Sumy, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Zaporozhye regions, significant precipitation in the form of snow is expected (the height of the snow cover is 5-15 cm).

The readiness of the relevant services of the Kharkiv region for a prompt response to situations associated with the complication of weather conditions was discussed during an extraordinary meeting of the regional commission on technogenic and environmental safety and emergency situations.

Utilities in Kharkov are fully prepared for worsening weather conditions.

The city authorities are asking Kharkiv residents not to park their cars on the side of the road, so as not to interfere with specialized equipment in snow removal.

*** Over the past day, 5 116 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine. 1092 people were hospitalized; 184 patients died and 15,951 people recovered.

Health Minister Maxim Stepanov said that Ukraine has grounds for extending strict quarantine after January 24.

The latest clinical trials in Brazil have shown that the coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese company Sinovac (next year they also intend to produce it in Kharkiv) has an efficiency of less than 60%.

*** President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu, who is in Ukraine on an official visit, signed a joint statement on the importance of developing Ukrainian-Moldovan bilateral relations.

*** Commissioner for the protection of the state language Taras Kremin published a detailed action plan for citizens in case of denial of service in the state language.