The official says a forecast of 20,000 new cases per day may become a reality.
Ukraine's Health Ministry has announced the worst-case scenario for the spread of COVID-19 in the country, saying up to 35,000 new cases might be recorded daily as early as late October or early November.
"The worst-case scenario that was estimated is 35,000 cases per day," Acting Head of the Public Health Center Ihor Kuzin said, as reported by the RBC Ukraine news agency.
The official says a forecast of 20,000 new cases per day may become a reality.
"It is very difficult to give any accurate figures now, but forecasts for the daily number set at 20,000 [cases] are quite realistic. Because we're already seeing acute respiratory infections. It is likely if the trends that are now being recorded continue, 20,000 is a quite real figure," Kuzin added.
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