The Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine's government, is not considering the possibility of reintroducing a tough quarantine amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"According to the prime minister, the government will not consider the introduction of tough restrictive measures in case of a second wave of coronavirus spread, but instead will rely on adaptive quarantine and localization of outbreaks of the disease," the press service of the European Business Association said following an online meeting of its representatives with Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
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Quarantine in Ukraine
- The adaptive quarantine was introduced on August 1. Ukrainian regions were split into the red, green, orange zones depending on hospital load, the average number of PCR and ELISA tests, the ascertainment rate of COVID-19, and daily spread dynamics.
- Quarantine-related curbs differ in each zone. The mildest ones are in the green zone, the regions included in the red zone have to introduce the toughest restrictive measures.
- On August 12, the Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine's government, decided to combine two indicators by which the incidence of COVID-19 cases in the regions is determined and quarantine zones are established.
- On August 26, the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine until November 1.
