Watsons drogerie chain is launching the click & collect service in 36 stores of the chain, plans to expand its operation throughout Ukraine.
“This technology has a number of advantages that greatly simplify the shopping process, including free delivery, fast and safe order receipt and time saving. In addition, the click & collect service compensates for the ban on the sale of certain categories of goods due to the toughening of lockdown measures, as in the online store all categories are open to buyers,” the company said in a press release.
According to the statement, customer pickup is available from 36 retail outlets of the chain, but in the near future it is planned to connect all Watsons stores to the project.
Watsons is the largest chain of beauty and health products stores in Ukraine. The chain has more than 400 stores and 16 pharmacies in more than 100 cities.
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air on July 1, 2020 will open a new base at the Lviv International Airport, where it will place one Airbus A320 aircraft.
“It will become the second airline’s base in Ukraine. In addition, Wizz Air announces the opening of seven new routes to Billund (Denmark), Tallinn (Estonia), Lisbon (Portugal), Hamburg (Germany), Szczecin (Poland) from Lviv, and also from Kharkiv to Tallinn and Berlin (Germany),” the airline said on Wednesday.
JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia in January-March 2020 reduced commercial gas production by 0.4% (by 13.6 million cubic meters) compared to the same period of 2019, to 3.401 billion cubic meters, which was transmitted for the needs of the population and heating companies, the press service of the company said.
Ukrgazvydobuvannia said that it was possible to maintain commercial gas production at last year’s level due to the commissioning of 14 wells, some 158 coil-tubing operations, some 30 overhaul of wells operations and some 29 hydro fracturing operations for three months.
The first deputy director general of the company, Oleksandr Romaniuk, said that the revenues of oil and gas companies will decrease due to reduced demand in the markets, followed by lower oil and gas prices, which will lead to a decrease in investments.
“In addition, due to the coronavirus [COVID-19] pandemic, contractors cannot always follow the contractual terms of work and supplies. Until the end of the year, we will feel the negative impact of these factors on production indicators,” he said.
Romaniuk also said that the recently concluded service contract between Ukrgazvydobuvannia and Expert Petroleum international company will allow involving foreign investment and management practices of the company’s depleted fields in 2020.
The company also continues to modernize its ground infrastructure, in particular it plans to re-equip existing and construct new gas processing plants. Joint projects are continuing with Schlumberger to drill well No. 888 of Shebelynka gas field and Halliburton to rehabilitate wells from an out-of-act ion stock by drilling offshoots.
At least 46 laboratories, including private ones, are diagnosing COVID-19, the Public Health Center said on Facebook on Tuesday.
According to the report, as of April 28, some 98,719 samples were examined by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) in Ukraine.
The Public Health Center notes that persons with suspected coronavirus who had contact with a patient with confirmed COVID-19, patients with pneumonia, health workers (every five days) and patients who recovered (to withdraw a diagnosis) should be tested.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved in the early hours of Tuesday $135 million in Additional Financing for the Serving People, Improving Health Project, to scale-up Ukraine’s health sector response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the bank said in a statement.
“This additional financing will help Ukraine upgrade up to 40 hospital emergency departments and stroke units, enabling hospitals to perform complicated medical procedures using hi-tech equipment and appropriate treatment protocols,” World Bank Acting Country Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Alex Kremer said, adding that patients will have an opportunity to choose any hospital in Ukraine, and their costs for surgical operations will be covered by the state budget.
The World Bank recalled that the ongoing Serving People, Improving Health Project, with the initial $215 million investment, provides assistance for renovation of urban hospitals and rural health posts, purchasing of modern equipment, and improvement in the quality of health services. The funds were focused on supporting health reforms, improving services delivery (including primary and secondary prevention, early detection, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer), as well as enhancing the efficiency of the health care system.
The additional $135 million will help Ukraine with important hospital upgrades and reforms, and also help train thousands of Ukrainian doctors in the provision of modern medical services, the bank said.
The project will also help fund people’s medical needs, from the state budget, and provide $35 million for COVID-19 emergency response activities. These funds will be used to buy essential materials and equipment for the country’s COVID-19 response, provide much-needed training for medical personnel, and support communication of essential public information. It will also cover reimbursement of financing to Ukrainian providers of health care for COVID-19 patients.
From May 1 to May 9, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines of Ukraine (UIA) will operate 11 special international flights for the repatriation of Ukrainian citizens and non-residents from abroad who have the right to enter our country.
The UIA press service said on Tuesday that the ticket sale will be opened for the following special flights:
– May 1, 2020: Amsterdam – Kyiv, Tel Aviv – Kyiv;
– May 3, 2020: Geneva – Kyiv, Dubai – Kyiv, Sharm El Sheikh – Kyiv;
– May 5, 2020: Toronto – Kyiv, Dortmund – Kyiv, Prague – Kyiv;
– May 7, 2020: Madrid – Kyiv, Milan – Kyiv;
– May 9, 2020: Munich – Kyiv.
In addition, foreign citizens, respectively, will be able to use UIA flights backward for departure from Ukraine on the same dates.
