Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska has tested positive for COVID-19, she announced on her Instagram account on June 12.
“I feel good, but I am in outpatient treatment, isolated from other family members to not endanger them,” she wrote.
Her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky, and their two children have also been tested, but their results were negative.
Zelenska said it is unclear how she contracted COVID-19, as she tested negative in the beginning of June. But an investigation is underway, according to Ukrainian media outlet Novoe Vremya.
The first lady said she has followed all the quarantine rules of the Ministry of Health, including wearing a mask and gloves and minimizing contacts.
Zelenska also wrote that the country’s easing of quarantine restrictions does not mean the end of the epidemic and that the danger is still there.
She stressed the importance of wearing a mask in public to protect other people and as a sign of respect for others.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of 9 a.m. on June 12: 870 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 13,567 have recovered.
- 29,753 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine as of June 12. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Ukraine entered the third stage of lifting quarantine on June 1.
- Indoor restaurants, domestic flights resumed 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.
