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Three girls and three boys aged three to seven have contracted the coronavirus. REUTERS Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city rose by 56 in the past day, to 551 cases. In…
Ukrainian authorities have called for calm as firefighters battle a blaze near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant. A senior emergency service official said there was “no threat” to the plant or its storage facilities, while deputy interior minister Anton Gerashchenko…
Videos are to be posted on social networks. REUTERS Italians are being offered EUR 200 for starring in a video to be shot by “Russian media”, thanking Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, for humanitarian assistance. Such proposals are being…
Almost 50 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment in the hospital now. The number of confirmed cases nears 50
Forest fires that have been burning for several days in northern Ukraine are now no more than a few kilometres from the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant, reports say. Tour operator Yaroslav Emelianenko said one had reached the abandoned town of…
The Trump administration has indicated May 1 as a potential date for easing the restrictions while urging caution. REUTERS U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 23,000
The decision is due to restrictions imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19 and making it difficult for experts to arrive. REUTERS Canada and several other countries whose citizens died as a result of the downing of the Ukraine International…
There were more than 1.8 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world by Sunday night. REUTERS A top envoy of the World Health Organization warned Sunday that the coronavirus will be a “virus that stalks the human race for…
The press service briefly notes pneumonia as the cause of death. Photo from UNIAN The press service of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the Kyiv-based headquarters of the Russian-backed church in Ukraine commonly known as the “Moscow Patriarchate”, where at least…
Almost 60% of respondents said they had a job before quarantine was introduced. Photo from UNIAN Some 21% of Kyiv residents continue working as usual, 22% have switched to working from home, 13% have chosen voluntary leave, while some 3%…