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The government is imposing certain restrictions on businesses, stopping short of ordering a shutdown.
The Minister of Health has spoken against the introduction of a full-blown lockdown across the country in the wake of the latest coronavirus surge.
"In my opinion, based on various factors in our country, including economic ones, a complete lockdown we should avoid it as much as possible," Maksym Stepanov told a Kyiv briefing on Friday, an UNIAN correspondent reports.
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