Today in Ukraine 1031 medical workers and 358 children have got coronavirus infection. The Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov announced this during a briefing, as the correspondent of UNN reports.
"In total, 5,449 people fell ill during the pandemic, including 358 children and 1,031 medical workers. In total, 347 people recovered. 141 deaths were reported," Stepanov said.
According to him, a total of 4695 studies were carried out by PCR over the previous day.
"Speaking by regions, over the past 24 hours the largest number of confirmed cases have been registered in the Chernivtsi region - 49 and the city of Kyiv - 31," the minister said.
As we reported before, the World Health Organization donated PCR kits for coronavirus tests to Ukraine.
"In order to ensure high-quality and accurate testing for COVID-19, the World Health Organization transferred to the Public Health Center of Ukraine kits for RNA isolation from 600 samples for further testing by PCR," the report said.
Also, the government of the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern decided on the mandatory use of protective masks that cover the mouth and nose of a person in public transport.
