The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine has decided to resume inspections of banks suspended since March 2020 in connection with COVID-19, and approved the plan of their conduct for the IV quarter of 2023, according to a statement on the NBU website on Thursday evening.
According to it, scheduled inspections of 8 banks will be carried out in the IV quarter of 2023, in particular A-Bank, Bank ¾, TAScombank and MTB Bank.
EPB Bank, Globus Bank, Sky Bank and Family Bank were also included.
“The inspection plan is drawn up with a risk-based approach, taking into account the specificity and complexity of the bank’s operations, the level of risks of its activities and a certain overall assessment of SREP (Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process),” the regulator pointed out.
It recalled that in May it started assessing the stability of banks to determine the real state of the banking sector under wartime conditions.
The U.S. administration has announced the cancellation of the requirement for mandatory vaccination against coronavirus for foreign nationals arriving in the country starting May 12.
“We are announcing that the administration will waive the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement for employees of federal agencies, federal contract workers and passengers arriving on international air flights as of May 11,” the White House said in a statement.
The U.S. began requiring foreign nationals entering the country to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 beginning in November 2021. Only certificates of vaccination with vaccines approved by the U.S. health regulator or WHO will be accepted.
In April 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden lifted the national state of emergency imposed in 2020 because of COVID-19.
After two years with a small-scale event, limited by health regulations due to COVID 19, the Carnival of Venice 2023 returned to Venice in all its unfading splendor for inhabitants and guests of the most romantic city in Italy, giving journalists reason to compare it to the mythical phoenix bird rising from the ashes.
Therefore, the color and sound performance of the opening in February on the canals of this eternal holiday had not only a special charm, but also a clear symbolic meaning that life wins. And Venetians make no secret of their joy that the carnival is once again taking place in its traditional form.
“It is a moment of self-identification for the people of Venice and for Venetians all over the world,” says Giovanni Gusta, municipal councilor in charge of Venice’s traditions.
The city on the water is dressed in bright colors, and its inhabitants in fantastic costumes that make you think everything happens in a fairy tale. And everywhere there are masks and masks. In public, in shop windows, on souvenir piles for tourists. Masks in the form of wall decorations, brooches, hairpins, bracelets and magnets.
A resident of Milan, Massimo Candelora, who came to Venice especially for the Carnival, claims that the masks evoke memories and nostalgia of the Venetians. After all, they have been worn in Venice since ancient times. “Today I’m in Venice, and I’m wearing a costume and a ‘bauta’ mask, a typical Venetian mask. It is a simple mask, but it could be worn even when other masks could not be worn. That’s why it is a unique and typically Venetian mask,” the Milanese explains.
A bauta is a papier-mache mask, usually white in color. It has a quadrangular shape, and its half, which covers the lower part of the face, is clearly protruding forward, leaving enough space to be able to drink and eat without removing the mask. In addition, this shape also changes the speaker’s voice, further enhancing his anonymity.
Over time, masks became an attribute of carnival. And before that, in economically prosperous Venice, hiding a person’s identity was commonplace in everyday life. It played a pragmatic role as people hid from competitors, envious people and stooges their deals, which were not necessarily in accordance with the laws of the time.
The carnival festivities will last until February 21, and until then, people in colorful costumes and the most unimaginable masks will be seen in Venice as a natural part of the cityscape, the local order and traditions.
Venice has regained its soul with the revival of carnival, say the Venetians.
In China, more than 31 thousand cases of infection with the coronavirus COVID-19 were detected per day, the authorities continue to tighten measures to combat the disease, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
Over the past 24 hours, 31,444 cases of coronavirus have been detected in the country – the highest number of infections in a day since the virus was discovered in Wuhan at the end of 2019.
In the center of Henan province, the city of Zhengzhou, authorities announced tightening measures to combat the virus. In eight districts of the city, starting Thursday, for five days, people will be able to leave their homes only to buy food or receive medical care. About 6.6 million people live in these areas. The entire city will be tested daily for the virus.
In Beijing, a hospital for patients with COVID-19 opened in the exhibition center. It was also denied access to Peking University of International Studies after a case of the virus was identified there. Some shopping malls and office buildings were closed in the city.
On Monday, the city of Guangzhou imposed a lockdown on the Baiyun District, which has a population of about 3.7 million, and asked residents in parts of Shijiazhuang City not to leave their homes while mass tests for the virus were carried out in the city. About 11 million people live in Shijiazhuang.
China has a “zero tolerance” policy for COVID-19. This means that in order to limit the spread of the virus, measures such as lockdowns and mandatory quarantine for those who have come into contact with infected people are being implemented. At the same time, earlier in November, the country’s authorities announced some easing of measures, in particular, a reduction in the period of self-isolation for those arriving in the country.
3,893 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in Ukraine last week, which is 40% more than a week earlier, Interfax-Ukraine was told at the Ministry of Health, citing head of department Viktor Lyashko
“Over the past week, 3,893 new cases of the disease were detected, which is 40% more than a week earlier,” the Ministry of Health said.
The Minister said that as a result of COVID-19 over the past week, 16 people died from complications, a week earlier – 14 people
At the same time, 1,763 patients were hospitalized in hospitals with COVID-19 over the past week, while 1,682 people recovered.
Currently, about 5% of the beds allocated for patients with COVID-19 are occupied in Ukrainian clinics.
Some 5-7% of people who came through COVID-19 could have a post-COVID syndrome, this opinion was expressed by the head of the department of nephrology at the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, Dmytro Ivanov, at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
“When we analyzed the mortality of people from COVID-19 and compared what concomitant diseases they had, it turned out that there were mainly five diseases. Three of them are kidney diseases. People with kidney transplants die first, and those with kidney failure second,” Ivanov said.
In turn, the head of the direction of rehabilitation of the network of Adonis medical clinics, Vadym Kerestey, noted that the main consequences of COVID-19 are expressed in the form of shortness of breath, decreased physical activity, decreased exercise tolerance, dizziness, loss of coordination and apathy.
“All these consequences require the help of a physical therapist,” Kerestey said.
Natalya Yaschenko, the Associate Professor of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the National Healthcare University of Ukraine, the cardiologist of the highest category, emphasized the need for a mandatory medical examination after suffering COVID-19.
“If the COVID was symptom-free, then all patients should at least in two to four weeks undergo the blood counts, check the function of the kidneys, the liver, possibly the coagulation system. In addition, you should definitely do an electrocardiogram,” Yaschenko said.
In turn, obstetrician-gynecologist of the highest category Volodymyr Terekhov noted the need for vaccination against COVID-19.
“It is better to be vaccinated prematurely and be prepared for the virus to enter the body. Therefore, before pregnancy, you should definitely be vaccinated. You need to be vaccinated as early as possible,” Terekhov said.
At the same time, according to the psychologist, psychoanalyst Olena Buts, if a person has any fears after the illness, then he needs the help of a psychologist and psychoanalyst, since the person comes into a state of nervousness, phobia, fear. At the same time, she added that the presence of some kind of mental illness significantly worsens his condition.
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