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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic in Ukraine is over.

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"I think we will be able to get out of all stages of the coronavirus [crisis] in a month if there is no second wave. Because we have passed the first wave. I'm sure of that," he said at a press conference on the first year of his presidency, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Ukraine exceeded 19,200 on Wednesday morning. A total of 564 COVID-19 deaths have already been recorded in the country. Some 5,955 patients have recovered.