As of Saturday morning, 6,234 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine, 1,763 people recovered, 79 died, the press service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine said.
“For the day on September 17, 2021, some 6,234 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine (of which children – 689, health workers – 89). Also over the past day hospitalized people amounted to 1,719, deaths – 79, recovered – 1,763 persons,” the ministry said on Telegram.
More than 80% of all deaths from COVID-19 in Ukraine are people over 60, the Ministry of Health said on Facebook.
According to the report, as of August 14, 2021, some 53,255 people died from coronavirus disease, of which 43,566 were aged 60 and over.
“This is further evidence that older people are at a high risk of coronavirus disease. And the older the person is, the higher this risk. So, the proportion of people aged 60-69 among the dead is 29% [15,533 people], and people over 70 – 52% [28,033],” the report says.
From August 7, 2021, citizens of Ukraine can cross the Ukrainian-Hungarian border without restrictions imposed in connection with the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.
According to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, for the entry of citizens into Hungary, the requirements determined by the Schengen Borders Code (biometric passport/visa, medical insurance valid in Europe, financial security) remain.
“An exception is entry into Hungary by air, in particular it additionally requires a negative PCR test result for COVID-19, a test should be made no later than 72 hours at the time of entry, or a Ukrainian or Hungarian vaccination certificate [together with citizens who have a certificate, children under 18 can also enter without restrictions],” the report said.
For transit through the country, representatives of the Hungarian border authority may additionally require documents confirming the right to enter the country of destination (depending on the requirements of a particular country: residence permit, work visa, hotel booking, virus test results, etc.).
The service also recalled that the Hungarian competent authorities, in accordance with the current legislation, impose administrative fines on foreigners who have exceeded the permitted period of stay in the Schengen countries before the introduction of quarantine measures by these countries (a fine from 5,000 to 50,000 forints/$15-150).
If the period of stay in the countries of the Schengen zone has ended after the introduction of quarantine measures by these countries in order to avoid a fine, citizens who cross the Hungarian border must documentary proof to the Hungarian competent authorities that they were in quarantine, or that documents for the extension of the permit period have been submitted to the relevant authority, etc. (there must be a document from an official body).
At the same time, each case is subject to careful scrutiny and is considered on an individual basis.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine is ready for a new wave of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the coming autumn, no worse than European countries.
“We are ready in the autumn [for a new wave of COVID-19], which was not regarding hospitals, beds, the number of ambulances, the salaries of doctors who receive 300% and fight COVID-19, with oxygen. We are ready, I think, in this case, at the level of other European countries. And definitely not worse,” Zelensky told journalists at the Ukraine 30. Decentralization All-Ukrainian Forum.
He said “the infrastructure was not built in Ukraine, as in some countries, so it was necessary to build quickly and in sufficient quantity.”
“We have 90,000 open beds for patients with coronavirus, of which the filling is from 10,000 to 50,000,” Zelensky said.
The president also said that “miscalculations in preparing medicine for the coronavirus epidemic existed all over the world.”
The Ministry of Health announced a record number of citizens vaccinated against COVID-19, a total of 97,130 people were vaccinated on June 25.
“A record number of vaccinations per day in Ukraine! 97,130 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 on June 25, 2021,” the Ministry of Health’s Telegram channel said on Saturday.
A total of 36,540 people received one dose, 60,590 citizens were fully immunized.
Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, 1.871.511 people have been vaccinated, of which 1.871.509 people received one dose, 550,966 people are fully immunized (two doses) (two of them are abroad).
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine under the leadership of ex-minister Vladyslav Krykliy has failed to implement a program of state support for Ukrainian airlines that carried out evacuation flights during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
“We prepared the logic of compensation and relevant initiatives, submitted it to the Cabinet of Ministers. Then the Ministry of Finance refused with the classic explanation – there is no money. But they promised to return as soon as possible … But this is not even direct funding, but a loyalty program for airport and air navigation services … But even so we were not allowed to realize this,” Krykliy said in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
He also noted that the issue of compensation to air carriers for 2020 is “not about reforms, but about justice.”
According to Krykliy, absolutely all countries in Europe help their air carriers, but this item was not included in the priorities of the Ukrainian government.
As reported, earlier the Ministry of Infrastructure planned to provide targeted assistance to state airports to create discount programs for airlines that participated in the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens during the first wave of the pandemic lockdown.
