Infected Zhytomyr Resident Drove Tourists Abroad but Concealed It. Police Open Case
More than 30 Ukrainians used the same transport as the infected person.
A Zhytomyr resident infected with the coronavirus concealed that he drove an organized group of tourists from Ukraine to Austria and back. Police opened a criminal case and are verifying this information, the Zhytomyr region police press service reports.
The criminal proceedings were opened under Article 325 (Violation of sanitary rules and norms for preventing infectious diseases and mass poisonings) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
"The pre-trial investigation is verifying information about the concealment by a COVID-19 patient of involvement in transporting an organized group of tourists to Austria and back to Ukraine. It has currently been established that more than 30 other people used the flights in both directions at the same time as the patient," — law enforcement officers said.
Police are establishing contacts and places of residence of the tourists who travelled with the infected person. They are being urged to observe self-isolation.
As of 10:00 on March 21, 41 cases of Covid-19 have been laboratory-confirmed in Ukraine, including 3 fatal cases; 1 patient has recovered and been discharged from hospital. Over the past day, 15 new cases were recorded .
Map of coronavirus spread in Ukraine (updated in real time)
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