Ukraine has registered 11,288 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 17. The country has had 2.63 million cases since the pandemic began.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Odesa Oblast (1,396), Kharkiv Oblast (948), Donetsk Oblast (934), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (748), Zaporizhzhia Oblast (678), and Sumy Oblast (638).
In the past 24 hours, 3,541 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 219 have died.
As of Oct. 17, over 7.87 million people have received the first of two doses, 6.43 million Ukrainians are fully vaccinated.
In the last 24 hours, 48,646 people received their first dose of vaccine, while 34,154 received the second dose, completing their vaccination.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Aug. 1, 2021, to Oct. 16, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
Under the adaptive quarantine strategy, Ukraine color codes its regions green, yellow, orange or red, according to the severity of the outbreak there.
Currently, six Ukrainian oblasts are yellow, 17 are orange and one is red.
On Oct. 15, Kherson Oblast moved into the COVID-19 red restriction zone. The restrictions will apply to cinemas, theaters, shopping malls, non-food markets, gyms, swimming pools, cultural institutions, and mass events. But if all staff and visitors have green COVID-19 certificates proving they are fully vaccinated, restrictions will not be applied.
Starting from Oct. 18, four more oblasts — Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk — will be also in the red zone, Cabinet Minister Oleg Nemchinov announced on Oct. 15.
The city of Kyiv is in the yellow zone. That requires all establishments, such as restaurants, cinemas, gyms and cultural institutions, to operate with lower capacity. The establishments can also choose to allow only vaccinated visitors and keep the full capacity. To see a complete list of restrictions and exemptions, click here.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 vaccinations from Aug. 1, 2021, to Oct.16, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
All adults, including foreigners with a residence permit, can get vaccinated for free. They can get a shot at their local clinics or one of more than 400 mass vaccination centers throughout the country.
Kyiv has 36 such centers including the International Exhibition Center near the Livoberezhna metro station and Kyiv Boryspil International Airport. The full list is available here.
The Cabinet of Ministers met on Oct 11 and amended domestic travel restrictions under the adaptive yellow, orange, and red quarantine measures.
From Oct. 21, all passengers traveling by air, bus or train between the yellow, orange, and red regions must either provide a two-dose vaccine certificate, at least one dose for yellow zones, or a negative PCR or rapid test result taken within 72 hours. Foreign vaccine certificates and negative PCR test results through the Action Portal app will also be accepted.
