Odessa will not introduce “weekend quarantine” / GORDON

In Odessa, the “orange” level of epidemic security will continue to function. This was announced on November 12 by the secretary of the operational headquarters of the Odessa City Council for the emergency response, Alexander Tikhovsky, the video was posted on the YouTube channel of the City Council..

“To this day, Odessa is still in the” orange “zone. No additional restrictions [по “карантину выходного дня”] the municipal and regional commissions for technological and environmental safety and emergency situations did not accept. Therefore, the restrictions on the “orange” zone, which the commission adopted on October 15, continue to operate in the city, “Tikhovsky said.

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On November 11, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers decided to introduce a “weekend quarantine” in the country. Stepanov said that we are talking about three weekends, starting next weekend. The media wrote that such a quarantine could last until December 31 of this year. At the same time, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal pointed out that the country would not endure a harsh blockade.

“Day off quarantine” states that from 00:00 on Saturday to 00:00 on Monday in Ukraine, only grocery stores, pharmacies, transportation, gas stations and veterinary pharmacies will operate. Restaurants, cafes or other catering establishments will operate take out only. The “weekend quarantine” will allow “stopping the wave of coronavirus disease,” said the head of Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, Maxim Stepanov.

As of November 12, there were 500,865 cases of coronavirus infection in Ukraine, of which 11,057 were in the last 24 hours. 9,145 COVID-19 patients died, 227,694 people recovered. IN Odessa region, since the beginning of the outbreak, 30,704 cases of infection were registered, of which 663 in the last day.