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In a meeting with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the secretary of the Security and National Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, announced a decrease in the number of contacts and movements of Ukrainians in the context of the introduction of an “end of quarantine week “, and Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov – on the closure of shopping malls and police work over the weekend.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy considers it correct to introduce a strict quarantine on Saturdays and Sundays. He affirmed this at a meeting on November 16, writes the press service of the head of state.
Secretary of the National Defense and Security Council, Alexei Danilov, told the president that on November 14, the number of contacts and movements of residents of cities with a population of more than 100,000 decreased by 18.5%, and on November 15, by 27%.
Prime Minister Denis Shmygal reported on the closure of “almost all” shopping malls, non-food stores and entertainment establishments, the head of the Interior Ministry Arsen Avakov – on the work of the police aimed at preventing crowds.
Zelenskiy concluded that “Ukraine has taken the right step.”
“The World Health Organization reported that the weekend recorded the highest number of new cases of contagion. Reducing contact between people is saving lives. At the same time, it is necessary to restore and improve all economic assistance programs to entrepreneurs, workers who have lost their jobs, lonely people, “he said. that.
Zelensky chaired a video liaison meeting from Feofania: He tested positive for COVID-19 on November 9 and has been in self-isolation ever since.
On November 11, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to introduce a “weekend quarantine” due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients. Ukraine’s Health Minister Maksim Stepanov explained that we are talking about three weekends, starting this weekend. According to him, the Ministry of Health would like to introduce a strict quarantine for three weeks, but the Ukrainian economy will not be able to do so.
“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 “stop the wave of coronavirus disease,” Stepanov said.
However, several Ukrainian cities refused to introduce a “weekend quarantine”. Several Ukrainian cities have refused to tighten quarantines over the weekend. In particular, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipro, Zhitomir, Cherkassy, Odessa, Lutsk and Ternopil opposed. City chiefs explained this by the fact that such quarantine measures are ineffective and fraught with negative consequences for the economy.
Protests after the introduction of the “weekend quarantine” took place in Chernivtsi and Kharkiv.
During the weekend, the police closed 1,5 thousand stores, 800 restaurants, 30 nightclubs and 20 gyms; on the facts of the violations, law enforcement officers almost 2,000 administrative protocols and nine criminal proceedings were opened.
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