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Ukraine has started to identify the risk groups that should be vaccinated first; Since Monday, clinics stop accepting patients for planned operations. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.
WHO called at the time of delivery of the coronavirus vaccine to Ukraine
Ukraine will be able to receive the first batch of a registered and successfully tested vaccine against COVID-19 in the second quarter of 2021. This was stated by the head of the WHO office in Ukraine, Jarno Habicht. Ukraine will receive a vaccine against COVID-19 as part of the COVID-19 Global Vaccine Access Fund (COVAX) program, which was established by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), WHO and various governments.
Ukraine entered quarantine
In Ukraine, at 0.00 on Saturday November 14, the “weekend quarantine” regime came into effect. It will run until midnight on Monday. Therefore, on weekends, the work of catering establishments, shopping centers, cinemas and other entertainment establishments is prohibited. Clothing markets and hair salons will also be closed.
Lukashenko commented on Ukraine’s refusal to call him president
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must take care that they call him simply by name without a title. This was stated by Alexander Lukashenko. “Whose cow would moan and Zelensky would be silent,” Lukashenko said, answering the question about the level of dialogue with Zelensky. Earlier, Zelensky said that he would address Lukashenka by his first and last name, without specifying the presidential position.
EU Ambassador in Ukraine recalled the need to fightscorruption
The head of the EU delegation in Ukraine, Matti Maasikas, recalled that assistance to Ukraine from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, as well as the preservation of a visa-free regime, depend on the fight against corruption. At the same time, he published the article “The Constitutional Court of Ukraine attacks anti-corruption laws”, published in TheEconomist.
Ukraine has made changes to the so-called Donbass plan
It is noted that the key component of the plan is the complete demilitarization of CADLO. It includes the withdrawal of mercenaries and heavy weapons, disarmament, and the demobilization of all combatants by pro-Russian forces. This process will be consistent with the process of returning units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to their places of permanent deployment.
In Kiev, a taxi driver crashed into a bus stop, people died
In Kiev, as a result of an accident at a bus stop, two people died and two more were injured. An injured woman was taken to hospital in serious condition. The deceased woman is in her 40s. Another man was pinched and pulled out with tweezers.
Later it was learned that the accident occurred because the taxi driver fell asleep at the wheel. Now, in order to avoid such incidents in Ukraine, they want to establish standards for the work of commercial vehicle drivers, as well as introduce a ban on recycling while driving.
Experts predict impending environmental disaster
Scientists in Norway examined various scenarios for reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and came to disappointing conclusions: even if emissions are completely reduced, the temperature rise will continue for at least another hundred years. According to experts, if greenhouse gases are reduced to zero at this point, global temperatures will continue to rise for a further hundred years due to the inertia of the global climate system, melting Arctic ice and permafrost.
Ukraine joined the US space agency program POT Sagebrush
The program regulates international cooperation in the exploration and exploration of the Moon, Mars, comets and asteroids. It is noted that the signing of the agreement contributes to the expansion of cooperation between Ukraine and the United States in various areas of space activities.
In the capital, a new COVID-19-Record
In Kiev, 1083 new cases of coronavirus were detected during the last day; this is a record number for the entire period of the pandemic. Most cases of the disease were found in the following areas: Solomensky district – 134, Desnyansky – 127, Shevchenkovsky district – 126.
Tikhanovskaya intends to initiate the creation of the People’s Court
The opposition leader in Belarus stressed that all those who cynically violated and are breaking the law must answer, “from members of electoral commissions and pro-government observers to officials, ideologues and officials who gave and executed criminal orders.”
China announces the largest free trade agreement on the planet
The document on the creation of a free trade zone called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will be signed during the ASEAN summit, which will take place from November 12 to 15 in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi.
In the United States, California is the second state to identify more than one million cases. COVID-19-19
California, home to 39.5 million people, had 1 million COVID-19 cases as of Thursday. The number of hospitalizations in the state has skyrocketed since November 1. In the state as a whole, the rate of positive test results for coronavirus is 3.4%. At the same time, more than 18,000 people have died in California, the most populous state in the country.
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