Ukraine has registered 7,283 new cases of COVID-19, along with 27,130 recoveries and 387 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry’s press service said on Tuesday.
“Over the past day, December 13, Ukraine saw 7,283 new cases of COVID-19 (including 566 children and 134 medical workers), while 129,742 people were vaccinated for COVID-19, among them 42,956 who received their first shot of a vaccine and 86,786 who completed their vaccination. In the past 24 hours, 1,123 persons were hospitalized, 387 died, and 27,130 recovered,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Since the onset of the pandemic, Ukraine has seen a total of 3.570 million coronavirus infections, including 3.233 million recoveries and 91,602 deaths.
As of this date, 14.174 million people have been vaccinated, including 14.174 million who received their first shot of a vaccine, and 12.544 million who completed their vaccination.
The Silpo grocery supermarket chain, part of Fozzy Group (Kyiv), has signed a cooperation agreement with the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) to promote Italian brands and goods, the group’s press service said.
According to the announcement, the parties will work together to promote Italian brands and products, combat the “Italian sounding” phenomenon, and raise awareness of Italian cuisine and products.
According to the ICE office, the Italian National Institute of Statistics in 2020 recorded an increase in imports of Italian goods to Ukraine by 27%, or by EUR208 million compared to the previous year. In the total volume of imports of Italian goods, food products accounted for 12.3%.
According to the company’s website, the Silpo chain has 318 supermarkets in 60 cities of Ukraine, as well as four Le Silpo gourmet markets in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Odesa.
In January-September 2021, Silpo’s trade turnover amounted to UAH 42.1 billion.
Silpo-Food LLC was established in early August 2016.
Ukraine in January-November this year reduced imports of nickel ores and concentrate by 21.6% compared to the same period last year, to 1.134 million tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, in monetary terms, imports of nickel ores fell by 23.5%, to $54.089 million.
The ore was imported from Guatemala (100% of supplies in monetary terms).
In January-November 2021, Ukraine did not export or re-export these products.
Ukrainian mining enterprises in January-November this year reduced export of iron ore raw materials (iron ore) in quantity terms by 2.8% compared to the same period last year, to 40.667 million tonnes.
According to the updated statistics released by the State Customs Service, during the specified period, foreign exchange earnings from iron ore exports increased by 78.7%, to $6.63 billion.
Iron ore was exported mainly to China (42.6% of supplies in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (9.61%) and Poland (7.82%).
In January-November 2021, iron ore was imported to Ukraine for $183,000 in a total volume of 1,202 tonnes, while in January-November 2020, some 104 tonnes of iron ore were imported for $58,000.
In January-November 2021, iron ore was imported mainly from Egypt (56.28%), the Netherlands (21.31%) and Poland (7.1%).
December is a good time to plan vacation for the New Year holidays. Ukrainian ski resorts, which are not worse than European ones in terms of quality and service, are in great demand among travelers.
If you are planning a trip to the Ukrainian Carpathians, you need to plan in detail by what kind of transport you will get to the place of rest. In order not to exhaust yourself on a long journey, we advise you to choose a flight. The most popular winter resort in Ukraine – Bukovel – can be reached quickly and comfortably with WINDROSE. From December 24, the carrier will introduce daily flights twice a day on the Kyiv-Ivano-Frankivsk-Kyiv route. The WINDROSE network of domestic flights is built in such a way that all cities of the program are connected through the capital of Ukraine. Therefore, it is also possible to fly from the regions to Ivano-Frankivsk with a short-term transit in Kyiv.
WINDROSE provides the service of transporting ski/snowboard equipment for an additional charge of $12. All airline fares include free transportation of 23 kg of luggage and hand luggage up to 7 kg.
The airline also has a nice bonus for travelers. Getting from Ivano-Frankivsk Airport to the ski resort of Bukovel can now be economical, fast and comfortable. From December 24, WINDROSE will introduce bus transportation on the Airport (Ivano-Frankivsk)-Bukovel Resort route and back.
You can buy tickets for flights and bus transportation on the website https://windrose.aero/
According to forecasts of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, the epidemic situation in the country should be stable during the holidays, but a new strain of Omicron coronavirus (COVID-19) may appear in Ukraine this week, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov has said at a conference call chaired by President Volodymyr Zelensky. “According to NSDC forecasts, the epidemic situation in our country should be stable during the holidays. It is expected that a new strain of the Omicron coronavirus may appear in Ukraine this week. But the results of the first studies in countries where it has already been detected indicate a milder course disease,” the President’s Office of Ukraine said on its website.
It is noted that due to the approaching Christmas and New Year holidays, the relevant orders of the Ministry of Health and the chief state sanitary physician on anti-epidemic measures were adopted during the operation of the ski resorts.
According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, anti-epidemic measures have also been developed separately during major events.
The prime minister also said that now Vinnytsia region meets the criteria for leaving the “red” zone, therefore, the issue of its transfer to the “yellow” zone will be considered.
In turn, Health Minister Viktor Liashko said that today Ukraine has overcome the rate of 40% of vaccinated among the adult population: out of 14.1 million citizens, 12 million received two vaccinations against COVID-19.
However, according to him, a decrease in the rate of vaccination has been observed over the past two weeks.
In this context, President Zelensky noted the need to intensify vaccination and said that in January 2022 the list of goods and services that can be purchased for UAH 1,000 provided by the state to every Ukrainian who received a full course of vaccinations, will be expanded.
“From December 19, fully vaccinated Ukrainians will be credited with UAH 1,000. They will be able to spend these funds on the areas most affected by the pandemic – sign up for a gym, go to a cinema, a museum or a concert, buy a train or plane ticket, buy books. At the same time, listening to the wishes of our elderly citizens, for whom health support is important, in particular in a pandemic, it was decided to add medicines to the list of available goods,” the head of state said.
He believes that such a move will increase the number of vaccines against COVID-19 among the elderly, and will also contribute to the treatment and prevention of other diseases.
Currently, the Ministry of Digital Transformation is finalizing the technical capabilities so that the purchase of medicines for the funds provided for inoculation will become available from January 2022.
