KYIV – Health officials in Ukraine, who saw an increase in coronavirus cases this week, said Saturday that the epidemic could cause only 4,000 deaths in the country, more than double the number of deaths, said news firm Interfax Ukraine.
Ukraine reported a record 1,197 new cases of coronavirus on July 29 and a record number of hospitalizations, and the fitness government attributed the jump to wider use of public transport and participation in services.
Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said preventive measures are the way to involve the spread of the virus.
Ukrainians will have to wear a mask and abide by social estrangement regulations in restaurants and public places, although the government said last week that it would allow individual regions to remove restrictions if necessary.
On Saturday, the country reported 1,172 new cases of coronavirus to 1,090 a day earlier.
Ukraine now has 71056 cases of viruses since the start of the epidemic, adding 1,709 deaths and 39308 other people who have recovered from COVID-19.
Lyashko said the total number of cases could succeed in 400,000 with the epidemic. (Report through Pavel Polityuk; Editing via Helen Popper)
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