Health Ministry To Recommend Ban On Operation Of Shopping And Leisure Centers On Weekends If ‘Weekend Quarantine’ Introduced

The Health Ministry intends to recommend the imposition of a ban on the operation of shopping leisure centers on Saturdays and Sundays if the ‘weekend quarantine’ is introduced.

Health Minister, Maksym Stepanov, has said this at a briefing, the Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to the minister, such quarantine will start at 12 a.m. on Saturdays and last until 12 a.m. on Mondays.

The operation of groceries, drug stores, public transport, filling stations and veterinary drugstores will be allowed.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the Ukrainian council of shopping centers is calling on the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to abstain from a ban on the operation of shopping leisure centers over the active transmission of the coronavirus.

On November 8, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine increased by 8,687 over November 7 to 469,018, and the number of deaths rose by 115 over November 7 to 8,565; at the same time, the number of new cases fell by 7.6%, and the number of new lethal cases decreased by 16.7%.

According to the report, as at the morning of November 8, there were 469,018 laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases registered in Ukraine, the number included 8,565 lethal cases; besides, 209,143 people had recovered.

During the day, 8,687 new cases of the disease were recorded, 2,277 people recovered, 115 people died.

Therefore, on November 8, the indicator of newly-infected people was higher than the number of those, who recovered (8,687 vs 2,277).

As at the morning of November 9, the number of the active sick (less those, who have recovered and died) was 251,310, down 2.6% day over day.

Since the start of the epidemic, the largest number of coronavirus-infected people has been registered in the city of Kyiv (44,920), Kharkiv region (43,930), and Lviv region (33,754).