PM Shmyhal: Ukraine has to stop passenger border traffic both ways from March 28

From March 28, Ukraine has to stop passenger traffic across the border in both directions.

"Separately, by the end of Friday, we must stop any passenger traffic across the Ukrainian border in both directions," Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said at the Cabinet’s meeting on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The Head of Government instructed the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to elaborate an appropriate decision, which should be submitted for consideration at an extraordinary meeting of the Government.

As reported, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine introduced the emergency situation regime in the entire territory of Ukraine to prevent the spread of Covid-19 until April 24.

As of morning of March 25, Ukraine had 113 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, including four lethal cases. One patient recovered and was discharged from hospital.

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