Ukraine declares emergency in three more regions over coronavirus spread

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced this on Telegram following an extraordinary government meeting on March 23.

"The Cabinet’s extraordinary meeting was held today. The Government decided to introduce an emergency situation regime in Donetsk, Ternopil and Cherkasy regions in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The relevant decisions were previously taken by the regional commissions on technogenic and environmental safety and on emergency situations in connection with the confirmation of coronavirus cases," Shmyhal wrote.

Thus, the emergency regime has already been declared in nine regions.

As previously reported, the emergency regime was introduced in the city of Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Zhytomyr regions.

As of the morning of March 23, Ukraine had 73 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, three of which were lethal. One patient recovered.

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