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Restaurants get ready to reopen when quarantine eases (PHOTOS)

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Customers enjoy their meals on the summer terrace of the Mushlya restaurant during the quarantine period in Kyiv on June 4, 2020. Restaurants were limited to delivery and takeout service from the start of coronavirus restrictions in mid-March. Restrictions were eased in late May to allow service on outdoor terraces.
Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk

Anyone could have a meal at their favorite indoor restaurant in Kyiv on June 5, but only for a few short hours in the morning.

Following the government’s June 3 announcement that it would allow them to reopen starting June 5, many Kyiv restaurants opened their indoor premises.

But just before noon, national and local authorities said this would not happen for Kyiv today.

Read More: Hours after reopening, Kyiv indoor restaurants may be forced to close again

CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

 

  • As of 9 a.m. on June 5: 762 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 11,372 have recovered.
  • 25,964 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine as of June 5. The first case was identified on March 3.
  • Ukraine entered the third stage of lifting quarantine on June 1.
  • Indoor restaurants, domestic flights to resume on June 5, international flights on June 15
  • How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
  • Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro subways reopened on May 25.
  • Why the Kyiv Post isn’t making its coverage free in the times of COVID-19.
  • With international travel on hold, Ukrainians prepare to travel across Ukraine
  • TripsGuard website tracks coronavirus travel restrictions in 84 nations.
  • Where to buy masks.