On June 1, hundreds of Ukrainians were again able to travel on trains and buses between cities after Ukraine entered stage three of easing quarantine restrictions meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Ukrzaliznytsia, the country’s state railroad monopoly, launched 35 inter-city connections between Kyiv and most of the country’s major cities except for Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Mykolaiv, as well as Russian-occupied Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk. The non-occupied cities have too high of rates of COVID-19 infection for railway connection to be reopened.
Inter-oblast bus route also relaunched.
But not everything is entirely back to normal. Kyiv’s central train station has put in place safety measures to prevent coronavirus infections. Station employees measured the temperatures of everyone who entered the train station and everyone was required to wear masks and gloves.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of May 31: 718 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 9,690 have recovered.
- 24,012 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine as of May 31. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Ukraine entered the third stage of lifting quarantine on June 1.
- Indoor restaurants are set to open on June 10, if not sooner.
- Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro subways reopened on May 25.
- How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
- Where to buy masks.
- 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
