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Heavy rains turned the streets of Kiev into rivers
Kiev was flooded due to heavy rains, a hurricane passed in the Nikolaev and Kirovograd regions. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.
New COVID-19 Case Registry Updated in Ukraine
During the last day, 6,410 record cases of coronavirus were detected in Ukraine, according to data from the Ministry of Health on Saturday, October 17.
A day earlier, there was also a record daily increase in COVID-19: 5,992 cases.
In total, since the start of the pandemic, 293,641 cases have been registered. Of these, 5,517 (+109) died and 124,113 (+2194) recovered.
Heavy downpour flooded the streets of Kiev
A heavy downpour flooded at least six streets in Kiev, according to the capital’s police. Due to bad weather, traffic is difficult.
Therefore, Osennyaya, Priorskaya, Avtozavodskaya, Umanskaya, Iskrovskaya and Philip Kozitsky streets are flooded or flooded.
In Nikolayevshchina and in Kropyvnytskyi there was a hurricane.
In the Nikolaev region, bad weather damaged the roofs of about 30 buildings in the residential sector, three schools and a kindergarten, about 60 trees fell. This was announced on Saturday, October 17, in the press service of the State Emergency Service.
In Kropyvnytskyi, on Saturday October 17, a hurricane ripped the roofs off houses, broke fences, damaged walls and power lines. Now law enforcement officials and rescuers are dealing with the consequences of bad weather.
Baku and Yerevan agree to a new truce
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a humanitarian truce in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. This was reported on the night of Saturday October 17 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
“The Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan have agreed to a humanitarian truce starting at 00:00 local time on October 18,” says the statement posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Free tests for COVID-19 will appear in Ukraine
New rapid tests for COVID-19 are expected in Ukraine next week. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Health, the state’s chief medical officer, Viktor Lyashko, on Saturday, October 17.
In addition to PCR testing, new rapid antigen tests have now emerged. They are recognized by the WHO and recommended for use in mass testing. We are doing our best to have these tests appear in Ukraine next week, which will be free to people. , can be used by a family doctor, a mobile team. When a patient is admitted to a hospital, a doctor can do a test immediately, because its duration is 15 to 30 minutes and without special laboratory conditions, “said Lyashko.
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