Ukraine tightens restrictions to fight coronavirus spread


  • World
  • Friday, 03 Apr 2020

Specialists wearing protective gear sanitize a truck convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations (UN), which carries medical equipment and pharmaceuticals to rebel-controlled Donetsk region amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, at a check-point in the settlement of Olenivka, Ukraine April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government on Friday imposed a series of new restrictions designed to prevent the coronavirus outbreak spreading widely but said it hoped to soften the measures again in late April.

Ukraine reported 138 new cases of the coronavirus over the past day, taking the total number of infected people to 942 with 23 deaths.

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