Strict quarantine throughout the country could be imposed in early January and last for three weeks.
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said the ministry has no plans to propose that a full lockdown be introduced before the end of this year.
Strict quarantine with maximum curbs should be imposed for three weeks starting early January, Stepanov told a Kyiv briefing on Friday, December 4, an UNIAN correspondent reports.
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Due to the fact that the ascertainment and hospitalization rates still remain at a high level, the ministry sees the need to "bring down the wave of the COVID-19 spread and bring it to the lowest possible figures."
"Based on healthcare and anti-epidemic indicators, we will offer that the government impose a strict quarantine with maximum restrictions starting from the first days of January. We believe such quarantine should last for three weeks to yield maximum effect," the minister said.
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