As more cases of coronavirus infection detected from day to day in Ukraine reaching overall 26 so far, well-known businessmen and top managers are at the same risk to get a COVID-19 disease, which already killed more than 10,500 people globally.
Recently, Andriy Favorov, who heads Ukraine’s largest gas producer UkrGasVydobuvannya (part of the state energy company Naftogaz), was tested positive for COVID-19.
It was reported by Favorov’s father Mykhailo during his Skype interview on March 20 for Echo of Moscow, Russian 24/7 radio station.
Currently, Favorov feels well as Wuhan coronavirus infection showed only mild symptoms.
“I am on self-isolation sitting at home, I don’t go anywhere and minimized all contacts,” said Favorov in his video posted on Facebook on March 20. “I feel great, but I’m bored.”
According to Favorov’s father, who lives in the U.S. city of Atlanta and epidemiologist by profession, his son got symptoms, common for this infection, fever and dry barking cough, after heading back from the U.S. to Ukraine last week.
“On Monday (March 16) he did the analysis and got a positive result. And on Tuesday his wife felt sick too,” he said during his Skype interview on March 20 for the Echo of Moscow, Russian 24/7 radio station.
He assumed that his son got the infection during the flight, but it’s very difficult to tell exactly in which airplane or airport it exactly happened.
As of today, Favorov’s father said that both his son and wife already don’t have any symptoms. “They are gradually recovering. This is a typical manifestation of this virus.”
According to Favorov’s wife Anastasiya Magonova, founder of Magonova&Partners PR company, currently tests for COVID-19 showing negative results. “Andrey is responsible for his health and safety of others,” Magonova told the Kyiv Post.
But Andriy Favorov still plans to stay at home for one week wishing people “not getting sick” and “to take care of your loved ones.”
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- There have been 73 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Three people have died from COVID-19 in Ukraine. One person recovered.
- Three Ukrainians died from COVID-19 in Italy.
- How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
- To fight the spread of the virus, Ukraine shut down public transportation, domestic travel, restaurants.
- Kyiv went into quarantine, shutting down everything by supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, gas stations.
- Ukrainian lawmaker tested positive for COVID-19.
- Misinformation on coronavirus is going viral in Ukraine.
- Why the Kyiv Post isn’t making its coverage free in the times of COVID-19.
- Doctor’s advice: How to stay safe.
- Foreign Ministry: What you need to know about traveling to and from Ukraine now
Effects on economy:
- Here’s what the virus is doing to Ukraine’s economy.
- Ukrainian businesses respond to the crisis.
- The virus disrupts the transport sector. Ukrainian airlines canceled some flights to 16 countries due to the novel coronavirus.
- The National Bank of Ukraine continued to cut the policy rate while trying to buffer the hryvnia from coronavirus panic.
- The former minister of economy says half a million Ukrainians may lose their jobs in the COVID-19 crisis.
