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The dollar tends to win in times of greater uncertainty
NSDC assessed timing of COVID vaccination in Ukraine; the dollar fell to a low in 2018; Ukrainians are richer and happier than they were nine years ago. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.
In Ukraine, almost 11 thousand cases of COVID per day.
On the morning of November 23, 635,689 cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in Ukraine. The daily increase, which traditionally decreases on weekends and immediately after, was 10,945. On Sunday, 124 people died of complications from the coronavirus. 344,629 patients remain active patients.
Zelensky and Yermak recovered from the coronavirus
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the head of the president’s office, Andriy Yermak, announced one day that they had recovered from COVID-19 and had started working as usual. By the way, they also fell ill on the same day, November 9, and both were treated in Feofaniya.
Ukraine harvested worst corn crop in five years
Ukrainian farmers have harvested the smallest corn crop in five years this year. For the first time in several years, it will be below 30 million tons. However, the harvest has not yet been completed, so final conclusions on the volume of the corn harvest in Ukraine can be obtained after the harvest is completed.
In the last nine years, Ukrainians have gotten richer and happier: research
If in 2011 68% of Ukrainians considered themselves happy, in 2020 there are already 78.3% of them. According to the study, over the past nine years, Ukrainians have become less trusting of government authorities, have become more tolerant, and are less hungry. This is stated in the world research World Value Survey, presented by the Ukrainian Center for European Policy.
More than 120 settlements in Karabakh came under the control of Azerbaijan
121 settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh came under the control of Baku. The hostilities have ended. The parties are ready to exchange prisoners. And Russian sappers have started clearing mines in the region. It will take several months to clear the area of unexploded ordnance. It was also reported that a Russian officer was injured as a result of a mine explosion and an Azerbaijani soldier was killed.
The dollar fell to a 2018 low
The dollar fell to a two-and-a-half-year low against ten world currencies. The reason for the fall in the exchange rate of the US currency was the appearance of an effective vaccine against the coronavirus. The prospect of widespread vaccine use has reduced investor interest in the world’s main reserve currency.
Ukraine moved up 20 places in road quality rating
Ukraine moved up 20 spots in 2020 and now ranks 126th on the road quality rating. At the same time, in the rating Transportation Ukraine has risen 12 places, up to 73 places; in the qualification of Market Access and Infrastructure – place 77 (+10 positions).
Dignity arrived at the Museum of the Revolution with a new test
The National Museum of the Dignity Revolution states that law enforcement officers came to them with a new evidence. The siloviks are interested in the “museum building examination”, which they didn’t even begin to design. The police, in turn, explained that they had inspected the construction site of the Museum of the Revolution of Dignity.
NSDC assessed timing of COVID vaccination in Ukraine
All Ukrainians can get vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of 2021, but you need to prepare well for this. This was stated by the president of the biosafety and biological protection commission of the National Security and Defense Council, Sergey Komissarenko.
Oxford Dictionary did not choose the word 2020
The linguists could not fit into a single word this year and decided to concentrate on the vocabulary that characterized the main problems of the period. At the same time, it is noted that in the spring the list of words and expressions included: coronavirus (coronavirus), COVID-19 (disease caused by a new coronavirus), confinement (forced quarantine measures), social distancing (social distancing), reopening (renewal).
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