Law enforcement officers have cordoned off an area and qaurantined a communal housing block in the small Ukrainian town of Vyshneve outside Kyiv as of April 24 after an outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Relatives and volunteers are bringing food to the 239 residents of the community, where residents live in a block with shared ammenities like kitchens.
So far, 101 residents in the housing project have tested positive for the coronavirus and two have already died.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of April 25: 201 people have died from COVID-19 in Ukraine; 782 people have recovered.
- 8,125 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine as of April 25. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Ukraine has extended its quarantine measures until May 11.
- The measures shuttered most everything but hospitals, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, and other critical enterprises.
- How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
- Misinformation on coronavirus is going viral in Ukraine.
- Doctor’s advice: How to stay safe.
- Foreign Ministry: What you need to know about traveling to and from Ukraine now
- Why the Kyiv Post isn’t making its coverage free in the times of COVID-19.
- Coronavirus stops the Kyiv Post’s print edition for now.
- Where to buy masks.
Effects on the economy:
- COVID-19 is already inflicting harm on Ukraine’s economy.
- Invisible Threat Lurks Undetected: Top stories from March 27, 2020 PDF edition.
- The former minister of economy says half a million Ukrainians may lose their jobs in the COVID-19 crisis.
