Maksym Stepanov
COVID-19 patients in Ukraine recover within three weeks on average – Health minister
Sometimes, the disease lasts up to 39 days.
15:15, 01 July 2020
Health minister lists top Ukrainian regions by new COVID-19 cases
In total, 22,298 tests were conducted in the country over the period under review.
11:55, 01 July 2020
Number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Ukraine doubles in late June – health minister
A rapid increase in registered pneumonia cases has been recorded in Ukraine as well.
15:15, 30 June 2020
Packed transport: health chief names main reasons for COVID-19 surge in Ukraine
President Zelensky convened government members and regional chiefs to address the recent incidence spike.
13:10, 28 June 2020
Ministry of Health to demand tougher control of quarantine rules on transport, in markets
The Minister urged Ukrainians to adhere to quarantine rules.
13:20, 26 June 2020
Ukraine seeing 2.6% COVID-19 case fatality rate – health minister
The authorities are preparing hospitals for second wave of COVID-19.
13:00, 26 June 2020
Ukraine to start talks to preorder COVID-19 vaccine – Stepanov
The vaccine has been developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
15:35, 17 June 2020
Ukraine's health minister elaborates on main cause behind spike in new COVID-19 cases
The number of confirmed cases per day has been exceeding 650 in the past five days.
15:55, 15 June 2020
Ukraine changes quarantine rules: New border crossing procedure
Mandatory observation is required only for persons crossing the border and arriving from countries with a high COVID-19 spread.
16:53, 13 June 2020
Health minister names Ukraine regions with largest number of COVID-19 cases in past day
Some 683 new cases were recorded across country in the past 24 hours.
11:20, 12 June 2020
Health officials in Ukraine mull "certain measures" amid record daily spike in COVID-19 cases
The number of the new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine hit a record 689 over the past 24 hours.
13:20, 11 June 2020
Ukraine to reopen recreation facilities from June 10 amid quarantine easing – health ministry
Stepanov reiterated an adaptive quarantine was still in effect in Ukraine.
15:10, 08 June 2020
Health minister lists Ukraine's leading regions by COVID-19 cases in past day
On June 6, the number of confirmed cases grew to 26,514 in the past 24 hours.
14:12, 06 June 2020
Health minister lists Ukraine's leading regions by COVID-19 cases in past day
In total, 16,085 tests were conducted in the country over the period under review.
13:35, 03 June 2020
About 6,300 people undergo high accuracy testing to detect COVID-19 antibodies
The minister said 10,811 tests with the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and 1,560 ELISA tests had been conducted in Ukraine over the past day.
17:20, 30 May 2020
"Adaptive" quarantine from May 22, explained
Stepanov also recalled that starting May 25, subway services will be resumed and pre-school educational facilities will reopen.
23:50, 20 May 2020
Ukraine's government introduces adaptive quarantine until June 22
The relevant decision was made at a government meeting on Wednesday.
16:05, 20 May 2020
Zelensky: Local authorities should be allowed to relaunch public transport, but on condition
Health Minister Maksym Stepanov stressed so far the situation in eight regions did not meet the criteria for resuming transportation services there.
15:30, 18 May 2020
