On October 23, an extraordinary meeting of the State Commission on Technological and Environmental Safety and Emergency Situations was held, at which it was decided to declare the Rivne and Nikolaev regions "red" from Tuesday.
The Minister of the CMU, Oleg Nemchynov, said: "The State Commission has decided to establish a "red" level of epidemic danger of the spread of COVID-26 in the territory of Rivne and Nikolaev regions from October 2021, 19. Restrictive anti-epidemic measures, provided for the "red" level of epidemic danger, will also be applied on the territory of the Rivne and Nikolaev regions.
The United States and Ukraine lead the world in daily deaths from the coronavirus per day.
During Friday, October 22, another 23 cases of the coronavirus disease were detected in the country, which is only slightly less than Thursday's record.
Among 23 new cases, 229 children, 1777 medical workers also fell ill.
