Results 24.01: Growth, but later and more than normal

Growth is expected due to positive trends in foreign markets and NBU’s monetary policy; In Ukraine, the incidence of COVID exceeds the norm by five times. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.

The OPU announced the next economic growth

Ukraine’s economy in 2021 will start to recover thanks to positive trends in foreign markets and the monetary policy of the National Bank, said Oleg Ustenko, presidential adviser on economic issues. Volodymyr Zelensky’s advisor noted the improvement in the situation in global financial markets after the inauguration of US President Joe Biden.

In Ukraine, the incidence rate is exceeded five times COVID-19-19

In Ukraine, the incidence rate of the coronavirus is 201.6 per 100,000 inhabitants, five times higher than the norm, which is 40 cases of the disease, according to data from the Ministry of Health. The worst morbidity situation was recorded in the Zaporozhye (359.8), Nikolaev (323.9) and Cherkasy (300.1) regions.

Ukraine can get another vaccine

Ukraine may receive another coronavirus vaccine in February, another contract will be signed soon, Health Minister Maxim Stepanov said. Now it is known that Ukraine has 700 thousand doses of Sinovac and another 210 thousand of Pfizer under the COVAX mechanism.

Repeated local elections were held in 13 regions of Ukraine

In 13 regions, deputies were elected from the city (1 person), settlement (13 people) and village (40 people) councils. In addition, elections were held for the mayor of Konotop (Sumy region), the heads of the village councils of Broshnev-Osadskoi (Ivano-Frankivsk region), Ulanovsky (Vinnytsia region) and Murovansky (Lviv region).

The air force brought Crimea to Russia

The British news agency BBC published an interactive map showing the cities where the rallies were held in support of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, including Simferopol and Sevastopol on the list of Russian cities. At the same time, the publication noted that the Russian Federation annexed Crimea and Sevastopol in 2014.

Ukraine made money exporting fish

In 2020, Ukraine exported $ 52.4 million worth of fish and shellfish, 13.2% more than in 2019, according to a press release from the Association of Seafood Importers of Ukraine. Most of the fish was exported to Germany.

Spacex carried out the most massive launch in terms of the number of payloads

The SpaceX Transporter-1 mission put 143 satellites into orbit at a time. The total mass of satellites of 30 SpaceX customers exceeds five tons. The Musk Company’s previous record for “batch” launches was 64 vehicles on the SSO-A mission.

Television company Sky to direct a five-part drama about the British government

The new film, This Sceptred Islend, is about the British government’s response to the 2020 coronavirus crisis. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be played by renowned British actor, director, screenwriter and producer Kenneth Branagh.

High school students are vaccinated against the coronavirus in Israel

The goal of vaccinating high school students now is to ensure that they return to school to begin passing the final exams necessary for their subsequent admission to colleges on time. In Israel on Sunday, more than 2.5 million people received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, more than a quarter of the country’s nine million people.

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