REUTERS

Ukraine will return to the "adaptive quarantine" model it applied earlier.

Various quarantine restrictions will be set across regions regions depending on the epidemic situation therein.

That's according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal who took to Telegram to break the news.

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Shmyhal stressed that the decision will come into force as early as next week.

Background

In early February, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the government would soon move to return the country to the "adaptive quarantine" mode.

Shmyhal also said that "red" zones would be established by separate decisions.