Ukraine has registered record-breaking 26,870 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 29. The country has had nearly 2.9 million cases since the pandemic began.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (2,164), Odesa Oblast (2,156), Lviv Oblast (1,702), Kharkiv Oblast (1,497) and the city of Kyiv (1,616).
In the past 24 hours, 9,784 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 648 have died.
As of Oct. 28, over 9.7 million people have received the first of two doses of a vaccine against COVID-19; 7.2 million Ukrainians are fully vaccinated.
In the last 24 hours, record 214,103 people received their first dose of vaccine, while 75,138 received the second dose, completing their vaccination.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Sept. 1, 2021, to Oct. 28, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
Under the adaptive quarantine strategy, Ukraine color codes its regions green, yellow, orange or red, according to the severity of the outbreak there.
Currently, two Ukrainian oblasts are yellow, 15 are orange, and eight are red.
Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Rivne, Odesa, Sumy and Zaporizhia oblasts are in the red COVID-19 restriction zone. The restrictions will apply to restaurants and cafes, cinemas, theaters, shopping malls, non-food markets, gyms, swimming pools, cultural institutions, and mass events. But if all staff and visitors have green COVID-19 certificates proving they are fully vaccinated, restrictions will not be applied.
On Oct. 30, seven other oblasts will move into the red zone, including Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Luhansk, Khmelnytsky and Chernihiv, the Ministry of Health said.
On Nov. 1, the city of Kyiv will also enter the red quarantine zone, Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced on Oct. 28. Public transport will continue to operate but passengers will need to have either a negative PCR test or vaccination certificate. These documents will not be checked at the entrance but selectively by groups of law enforcement officers.
For the remainder of October, the city of Kyiv will remain in the orange zone, which requires all establishments, such as restaurants, cinemas, gyms and cultural institutions, to operate with lower capacity. The establishments can also choose to allow only vaccinated visitors and keep the full capacity. To see a complete list of restrictions and exemptions, click here.
All adults, including foreigners with a residence permit, can get vaccinated for free. They can get a shot at their local clinics or one of more than 400 mass vaccination centers throughout the country.
Kyiv has 36 such centers including the International Exhibition Center near the Livoberezhna metro station and Kyiv Boryspil International Airport. The full list is available here.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 vaccinations from Sept. 1, 2021, to Oct. 28, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
The Cabinet of Ministers met on Oct 11 and amended domestic travel restrictions under the adaptive yellow, orange, and red zone quarantine measures.
From Oct. 21, all passengers traveling by air, bus or train between the yellow, orange, and red regions must either provide a two-dose vaccine certificate, at least one dose for travel between yellow zones, or a negative PCR or rapid test result taken within 72 hours. Foreign vaccine certificates and negative PCR test results through the Action Portal app will also be accepted.
