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Ukraine has registered 15,579 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 19. The country has had 2.66 million cases since the pandemic began.

The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Odesa Oblast (1,418), Kharkiv Oblast (1,412), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (1,203), Zaporizhzhia Oblast (1,019), Lviv Oblast (959) and Donetsk Oblast (899).

In the past 24 hours, 7,776 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 538 have died.

Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Aug. 1, 2021, to Oct. 18, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.

As of Oct. 19, over 8 million people have received the first of two doses, 6.57 million Ukrainians are fully vaccinated. 

In the last 24 hours, 109,667 people received their first dose of vaccine, while 83,402 received the second dose, completing their vaccination.

Under the adaptive quarantine strategy, Ukraine color codes its regions green, yellow, orange or red, according to the severity of the outbreak there. 

Currently, five Ukrainian oblasts are yellow, 15 are orange, and five are 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.

The city of Kyiv is in the orange 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. 18, 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 zone 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.