Post-COVID rehabilitation is necessary for patients even at the time of stay in a medical facility, and 20-40% of patients who have recovered will suffer from post-COVID syndrome, a number of experts voiced this opinion during a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine. “Out of 100% of people who are sick with COVID-19, some 20% need hospitalization. Some of these patients need hospitalization in intensive care units, as well as mechanical ventilation. Rehabilitation for such patients is necessary even in the intensive care unit, especially for patients with artificial lung ventilation. Rehabilitation is also important for patients who move from the intensive care unit to the hospital,” Vadym Kerestey, the head of the rehabilitation department of the Adonis network of medical clinics, said.
At the same time, the expert emphasized that currently in Ukraine, very few rehabilitation measures are carried out in intensive care units, and rehabilitation centers do not cover all needs.
He noted that the majority of patients who had been ill in a mild form also need post-COVID rehabilitation, since patients have impairments from different systems. Patients often have tachycardia, lung problems, reduced ability to work, acute disorders of cerebral circulation, thrombosis, which increases the risk of strokes, disorders of the nervous system.
In addition, the country also has a demand for post-COVID rehabilitation among foreigners, the expert emphasized.
Physical therapy is especially important, he said.
“Physical therapy will accelerate the recovery of patients. Physical therapists teach patients to move, breathe correctly, determine the physical condition and the body’s ability to exercise,” Kerestey said.
The head of the department of inflammatory eye pathologies and microsurgical treatment of their consequences of the Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Oleksandra Zborovska, in turn, noted that patients after coronavirus also need to undergo rehabilitation with ophthalmologists.
“From the point of view of an ophthalmologist, everyone needs rehabilitation, even those who were not sick, since we were all on isolation, which significantly increased the time of contact with gadgets. There is evidence that an increase in myopia in children is recorded. Therefore, visual hygiene and a dosage visual load regimen are of great importance. Regarding post-COVID rehabilitation, patients come with different complaints and need to be observed by a doctor,” she said.
At the same time, Vitaliy Usenko, the medical adviser to Farmak, noted that, according to the latest data, 20-40% of patients who have recovered will suffer from post-COVID syndrome.
“Post-COVID syndrome has been included in the international classifier of diseases. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has signed an order with a protocol for rehabilitation care for patients with coronavirus disease. It is impossible to implement the protocol with the help of one health system, and it is very good that rehabilitation services appear,” he added.
According to Usenko, during post-COVID rehabilitation, drugs that are used in the treatment of COVID-19 can be used, but only as directed by a doctor.
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In January-May this year, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) processed 68,000 requests for refunds to passengers of flights canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, having made refunds totaling about $20 million.
According to the UIA press service on Thursday, in March-May the airline reviewed and processed 39,000 requests, providing refunds in the amount of more than $9 million.
According to the company, from April 2020 to June 2021, UIA paid back more than $41 million to passengers.
“The airline once again emphasizes its readiness for a dialogue and sincerely hopes for the understanding of the situation on the part of passengers. UIA’s communication departments are doing everything possible to process every request as soon as possible,” the report said.
After falling to $27.84 billion in May, Ukraine’s international reserves returned to the level of the end of April and amounted to $28 billion in the middle of June, Head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine Bohdan Danylyshyn has said.
“The total net balance of foreign exchange interventions by the NBU since the beginning of 2021 has increased to $655 million, which, taking into account the government’s borrowings in foreign currency, has made it possible to expand the NBU’s international reserves to $28 billion,” he wrote on Facebook.
Danylyshyn said that in the interbank FX market during the last week there was a significant (about $43 million on average per day) prevalence of foreign currency supply over demand, which led to the strengthening of the hryvnia exchange rate by 0.8%, to UAH 27.00/$1 and allowed National Bank to buy back $375 million in a week.
The head of the NBU Council said that high prices for the main goods of Ukrainian exports – agricultural products, iron ore and steel, as well as an increase in the demand of nonresidents on government securities of Ukraine contributed to the increase in the supply of foreign currency by 18.7% by the first week of the month, with the demand decreasing by 2.7%.
As reported, at the beginning of this year, Ukraine’s international reserves amounted to $29.113 billion.
Raiffeisen Bank Aval (Kyiv) from June 17 changed its name to Raiffeisen Bank with the changes in the charter and public register, the bank’s press service said on Thursday.
“The name of the bank should be simpler, like everything for our clients: our products and services should be simple. We continue transforming, this is part of our strategy. Moving towards simplicity, we emphasize our belonging to a powerful international financial group,” the press service said, citing Board Chairman Oleksandr Pysaruk.
Raiffeisen Bank continues honoring its commitments to customers as the successor of Raiffeisen Bank Aval.
The bank said that in connection with the renaming, there is no need to contact branches, reissue cards or reissue documents.
Raiffeisen Bank Aval was founded in 1992. As of March 1, 2021, its largest shareholders were Raiffeisen Bank International with 68.27% of shares and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with 30%. Another 1.19% of the shares belonged to other legal entities and 0.54% to individuals.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), as of March 1, 2021, Raiffeisen Bank Aval ranked fifth in terms of total assets (UAH 118.336 billion) among 73 operating banks.
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of June 15
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 17/06/21
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
