The government extended the quarantine and state of emergency in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Quarantine restrictions will be in effect throughout Ukraine until June 30, 2023. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health.

Deputy Minister of Health - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Igor Kuzin noted that a full-scale war diverted our attention from the pandemic, at the same time, COVID-19 did not disappear anywhere.

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“People keep getting sick and some people dying. Due to the coronavirus, we lose about a hundred people every week. And although in general there is a general trend towards a decrease in the incidence of COVID-19, however, in the European Region there is an increase in this indicator,” he explained..

According to the chief sanitary doctor, it will be possible to expect an increase in the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine this spring.

“However, the dynamics of the increase in the incidence will depend on the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variant and the level of vaccination coverage of the population,” he added..

The Ministry of Health noted that the level of vaccination in Ukraine remains insufficient for the formation of herd immunity to COVID-19.

Thus, as of April 16, more than 35.3 million vaccinations have been carried out since the start of the vaccination campaign:.

16,327,904 people received one dose of the vaccine;

two doses - 15,477,258 people;

first booster dose - 3,171,471 people;

second booster dose - 296,892 people.

Earlier we wrote that the percentage of deaths from COVID-19 is changing in Ukraine. This is due to the fact that the Omicron strain is now the most common, which has a significantly lower lethality than Delta..