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Coronavirus infects 1,308, kills 37 in Ukraine. Over the last 48 hours, Ukraine has reported 236 new cases of COVID-19.

The Ukrainian government has ordered 2 million COVID-19 tests produced by domestic manufacturers. They will be delivering 2,000-7,000 test kits daily.

20 Ukrainian medical doctors have arrived in Italy to help Italian specialists fight COVID-19.

140 fires have broken out in Kyiv Oblast over the last 12 days, greatly polluting the air in Ukraine’s capital. The biggest fires are burning in the Chornobyl exclusion zone.

‘Hero of Ukraine’ scientist Ivan Vakarchuk died after several years of illness. He was 73.

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal explains the logic behind tighter quarantine measures.

A priceless, breathtaking collection of Ukrainian cultural and historic artifacts is housed in an imposing 19th-century mansion in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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