Stepanov linked the closure in January with the flu

The total quarantine will help reduce the incidence of the coronavirus and, at the same time, the flu, the minister said.

The strict restrictions in January are necessary not only to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but also to reduce the incidence of influenza. The head of the Ministry of Health, Maxim Stepanov, said this on Tuesday, December 8, on the air of the television channel Ukraine 24.

“Because at the end of January, at the beginning of February, we started a seasonal increase in the number of influenza patients. And we must approach this maximum growth with the least number of COVID-19 patients possible. Because this is a serious additional burden. for the medical system, “he added. said the minister.

He noted that the date for the introduction of the blockade has not yet been determined. He admitted that this may not be on January 2, as previously stated.

“It is important for me to have a real block, not a semi-fake one,” Stepanov said.

He also said that the Cabinet of Ministers will present a plan to introduce strict quarantine in January tomorrow.

We will recall, previously in the Cabinet of Ministers, he explained the introduction of the blockade in January due to the fact that the economy will more easily support the severe quarantine restrictions during the holidays.

Last week it was learned that no lockdown will be introduced in December, but the quarantine will be tightened in early January in three weeks.

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