The hospitalization rate of patients with COVID-19 in Ukraine has reached a plateau after a three-month increase, Health Minister Viktor Liashko has said.
“The rate of vaccination in Ukraine is already showing the first positive results. For the sixth day in a row, the level of hospitalizations in Ukraine is on a plateau after more than three months of growth,” he said.
Liashko said that last week in Ukraine they made a record number of vaccinations last week – 1.74 million, and a week earlier – more than 1.5 million.
VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY TYPE IN JAN-AUGUST OF 2021 (MLN UAH)
Ukraine since the beginning of the 2021/2022 marketing year (MY, July-June) and as of October 29, exported 19.05 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, which is 19.3% more than the indicators for the same date of the previous year.
According to the information and analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, to date, 12.18 million tonnes of wheat have been exported (17.9% more compared to the same date 2020/2021 MY). Taking into account the restrictions on its export at the level of 25.3 million tonnes, introduced on October 19 by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukrainian exporters can supply another 13.12 million tonnes of wheat to foreign markets (51.9% of the established limit).
In addition, during the specified period, Ukraine exported 4.36 million tonnes of barley (29.7% more than at the same date in 2020/2021 MY), 2.26 million tonnes of corn (1.8% more) and 42,900 tonnes of flour (30.5% less).
As of the indicated date, 55,000 tonnes of rye were also exported, which is 32 times more than the indicators of the last year.
The Ukrainian online cinema SWEET.TV considers it necessary to increase the average bill for using OTT services in order to create the possibility of producing its own content.
As Director of SWEET.TV Oleksandr Rezunov said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, the cost of an average tariff plan for OTT service in Ukraine today is within UAH 100 (about $3.5). This price includes royalties for broadcasting TV channels and films.
“In order to be able to generate their own content, Ukrainian platforms should increase their average check. Then they can afford to create original content for their money. Netflix, which does not have TV channels, costs $10. The high check helped the platform create a lot of original content, for which you do not need pay monthly royalties,” he said.
Netflix is also monetizing its content globally, Rezunov said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian producers can only rely on the territory of their country, since for the majority today it is a great success to sell content abroad.
“To summarize: the market should mature and emerge. Accordingly, if the market for pay TV and paid services is formed, more people will start paying, there will be less piracy, and the average check will grow. Then platforms will be able to afford to buy and produce their own content,” the director of SWEET.TV said.
The statistics on COVID-19 incidence gives no reason to hope that Ukraine will remain in the green zone for the European Union, Head of the Parliament Committee on Public Health, Medical Assistance and Medical Insurance Mykhailo Radutsky says.
“Ukraine is already in the red zone for the United States and Switzerland. The EU has given a delay of one week, most likely the EU will place us in the red zone. Unfortunately, statistics does not give us hope that we will remain in the green zone,” he said on the sidelines of Savik Shuster’s Freedom of Speech (Svoboda Slova) talk show on Friday night.
“We will wait for the next meeting of the European Commission,” Radutsky said.
Introduced from November 1, the lockdown in Kyiv will be valid for the unvaccinated, mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko has said.
“From November 1, the Ukrainian capital is included in the ‘red zone’ […] We are counting on clear interaction with the police. To monitor compliance with the key rules: both for travel in transport and for visiting various establishments. I want to emphasize once again that today the lockdown in Kyiv will be valid for those people who are not vaccinated,” the press service of Klitschko quotes his words, said on the air of the Freedom of Speech program with Savik Shuster on the Ukraine TV channel on Friday.
According to him, there is very disappointing statistics in Kyiv – 40-50 people died every day over the past week. Statistics will be released on Saturday that 54 people have died over the past day. “The situation is very difficult. And we are doing everything possible to help doctors from the capital’s budget, motivating them. We buy oxygen. As of today, we have no problems with provision to hospitals,” Klitschko said.
At the same time, he noted that the Ukrainian capital today is the leader in vaccination among other Ukrainian cities and regions. In total, since the beginning of the vaccination campaign in the Ukrainian capital, about 2.200 million vaccinations have been carried out.
