Mandatory Mask-Wearing and Walks of No More Than Two People: Quarantine Tightens in Ukraine

The restrictions will take effect on April 6.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a video address that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved a list of additional restrictions during quarantine. The new measures against the coronavirus will take effect from April 6.

Main points:

• quarantine for schoolchildren and students will be extended;
• moving in groups of more than 2 people is prohibited, except for persons accompanying children;
  
• people must carry identification documents;
• everyone without exception must wear masks;
  
• only 21 checkpoints will operate at the border;
  
• two-week observation becomes mandatory for everyone returning from abroad.
  

The government strongly recommends refraining from barbecues and any mass events in the next 3-4 weeks.

Shmyhal also added that recovery of all those infected with COVID-19 is expected within 3 weeks. At the end of April, a possible scenario is easing the quarantine and resuming public transport operations.

Denys Shmyhal

If a decline in morbidity is recorded, then at the end of April we will be able to begin gradually easing quarantine measures. This will allow us to restart the economy in early May.

As of the morning of April 3, Ukraine has recorded 942 coronavirus cases, 23 deaths and 19 recoveries.

Coronavirus distribution map in Ukraine (updated in real time)