Quarantine Will Last Until Coronavirus Cure Is Found, Prime Minister Says
Deputies, however, voiced concern over the absence of public transport.
Quarantine restrictions will remain until a COVID-19 cure is invented. Public transport will also be launched at the third stage of exiting quarantine. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this at an extraordinary session of parliament, UP reports.
At the same time, deputies noted that it is easy for an official with a service car and driver to talk about the situation with public transport, while millions of Ukrainian citizens have no way to get around, in particular owners of small businesses who, facing rapid income losses, cannot provide transport for their employees to get to work.
“It is not very easy for an official to make decisions about tens of thousands of human lives, so I suggest not speculating on these issues politically, but approaching compliance with quarantine rigorously. There are no other working mechanisms in the world today. Until a cure is found, we are forced to enter and exit quarantine according to the appropriate rules,” — Shmyhal replied.
In response, Shmyhal showed graphs of infection rates in Ukraine and other European countries, and reiterated that Ukraine is following Poland's scenario - a moderate exit from quarantine, to prevent collapses of the healthcare system, as in Spain and Italy.
Map of coronavirus spread in Ukraine (updated in real time)
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