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Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine’s health minister calls people over 65 ‘corpses’

After less than a month in office, Ukrainian Health Minister Illia Yemets has already faced criticism for saying all pensioners will die during the …
Oleksiy Sorokin

UN may allocate $33 million of anti-coronavirus aid to Ukraine

The United Nations has started collecting $2 billion to fight COVID-19 in the world’s most vulnerable countries, including Ukraine, which may receive …
Alexander Query

Vox Populi: What are your tips to survive self-isolation?

Editor’s Note: To tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Ukrainian government has ordered the extension of the quarantine measures in the …
Daria Shulzhenko

4 Ukrainian doctors infected with COVID-19 due to lack of safety equipment

Four doctors have been infected with the novel coronavirus in Ukraine’s western Ternopil Oblast due to a lack of critical protective equipment. All …
Anna Myroniuk

COVID-19 cases in Ukraine rise to over 160 (UPDATED)

The number of COVID-19 case in Ukraine has increased to over 160. On the morning of March 26, Ukraine’s Ministry of Health reported that there were …
Toma Istomina

Woman suspected to have coronavirus gives birth in Bila Tserkva

A woman who is suspected of having COVID-19 gave birth to a healthy baby at a hospital in Bila Tserkva, a town in Kyiv Oblast, early on March 25, Bila …
Bermet Talant

New COVID-19 cases in Ukraine; total hits 117

Nine new cases of novel coronavirus infection confirmed in Ukraine on March 25, according to the local authorities. The total number of patients with …
Anna Myroniuk

Medical students anxious as health ministry enlists their help on coronavirus

Anna Babenko, a sixth-year medical student, will start working in the field earlier than she expected. Instead of getting ready for the final exams, …
Toma Istomina

Medical equipment producers struggle to satisfy local demand amid coronavirus outbreak

As the novel coronavirus spreads, shortages and rising prices for protective medical equipment have become a common problem for many countries …
Natalia Datskevych

In quarantine, elderly Ukrainians struggle with isolation, helplessness

Until recently, Margaryta Pestrikova’s favorite pastime was baking walnut cookies or making Ukrainian dumplings called varenyky and bringing them to …
Bermet Talant

Arrivals & departures at Ukraine’s top airport

It’s definitely not the hub it used to be before the coronavirus changed everyone’s life, but special and charter flights are still coming and going …
Volodymyr Petrov

Ukraine extends quarantine until April 24

The Ukrainian government on March 25 ordered the extension of quarantine measures in the entire country until April 24. Ukraine imposed the quarantine …
Anna Myroniuk

People in Kyiv adjust to new reality: no transport, no cafes, more anxiety

It was a warm spring day, March 3, when Olena Prymak, a nurse at a Kyiv cardiology hospital, heard about the first Ukrainian infected with the novel …
Daria Shulzhenko

Shmygal: Cabinet will create stabilization fund

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers will create a roughly Hr 200 billion ($7.17 billion) stabilization fund for the country, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal …
Igor Kossov

Stay or go? Foreigners still in Ukraine face dilemma

Foreigners stranded in Ukraine are facing uncertainty as to whether they should leave the country or stay amid the coronavirus shutdown. The last …
Alexander Query
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Igor Kossov

Ukraine confirms 113 COVID-19 cases, fourth death from disease

Ukraine now has 113 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 13 of the country’s oblasts and the city of Kyiv, according to the Health Ministry of Ukraine. One …
Daryna Antoniuk

Yuri Polakiwsky: Time to return Suprun to Ukraine’s Health Ministry

At times of national crisis, a government must project a unified front of competent leadership that engenders calm, confidence, and competence. These …
Yuri Polakiwsky

As COVID-19 strikes lawmakers, parliament prepares to work remotely to pass crucial bill

Editor’s Note: The article was updated to include new information that the emergency session planned for March 26 was postponed until March 28.  With …
Oleksiy Sorokin
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