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Up to 20 deaths by the end of the year: the Kyiv School of Economics predicted the worst scenario of the epidemic in Ukraine

Ukraine is on the way to the worst-case scenario of the spread of the coronavirus

Ukraine is on the way to the worst-case scenario of the spread of the coronavirus, and if the situation in the areas of active spread of the virus is not brought under control, up to 20 people may die in Ukraine by the end of the year. man This is reported by the Kyiv School of Economics.

— If the current situation does not change, then in two weeks, in November, the daily number of newly diagnosed patients will reach 10. The load on the medical system will be maximum and it will last only if it already introduces complex restrictions in the regions with an active outbreak, - said Yury Ganichenko, senior researcher of the Department of Economic and Political Studies of the Kyiv School of Economics.

The Kyiv School of Economics recommends conducting complex quarantine restrictions for a period of 14 days in those areas where there is an active increase in morbidity; will increase the readiness of hospitals for peak load, as well as increase testing capacity.

— According to the four main indicators of the assessment of the situation with Covid-19, Ukraine is among the countries with the most difficult situation. Ukraine is in seventh place in terms of the number of new cases of Covid-19. According to the mortality rate, it is the fourth. In terms of testing and identifying patients with Covid-19, Ukraine is in the last place in Europe, said Pavel Kovtonyuk, head of the Center for Healthcare Economics of the Kyiv School of Economics.  

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