The weekend quarantine is a planned preparation for a lockdown in Ukraine.
Ivano-Frankivsk Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv, following an online meeting with the prime minister on Thursday, said a lockdown might be introduced in Ukraine in December.
"We talked about the weekend quarantine. The government's position, unfortunately, is unchanged – the weekend quarantine will continue. In addition, an opinion was expressed, including by the prime minister, that this is a planned preparation for a lockdown in our country," the mayor said in a video message posted on Facebook on November 19.
"The dates were announced that this lockdown will be introduced for several weeks on December 10-15 in the worst-case scenario and on December 20-25 in the best-case scenario," he said.
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"If, God forbid, this lockdown is introduced, it will be a disaster for the economy, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses," he said.