Zelensky shames Ukrainians for failing to observe quarantine restrictions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainian citizens are no longer afraid of COVID-19 or complying with quarantine restrictions imposed.

"I wish everyone good health and I ask to be careful. Especially now, people have ceased in fact to observe any quarantine measures – no one's afraid of anything," the president told journalists during a working trip to Mykolaiv region, as reported by an UNIAN correspondent on August 21.

"Believe my family – no one's afraid until someone near of kin contracts the disease," he said, referring to COVID-19 cases in his family.

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I wish everyone good health and I ask to be carerful

"At the beginning of week two, people feel very sick," he added.

Coronavirus in Zelensky's family: developments

• Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's First Lady, tested positive for COVID-19 on June 12.
• She was hospitalized in Kyiv on June 16.
• On July 3, Zelenska recovered from COVID-19 before being discharged from the hospital, according to the President's Office.
• On August 21, the president admitted his 7-year-old son Kyrylo had COVID-19 and underwent treatment along with his mother.

COVID-19 in Ukraine: latest

• Ukraine reported 100,643 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of the morning of July 21. They include 2,207 deaths and 51,078 recoveries.
• A total of 2,106 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours.