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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the Ukrainian government to clearly translate the rules of adaptive quarantine which become effective today and create all conditions for vaccine production in Ukraine.

“According to Prime Minister Denys Shmygal, the incidence rate has risen to 82.8 per 100,000, bed occupancy in Zakarpattia region is almost 69%, and in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne regions and Bukovyna area it is more than 40%,” the press service of the Office of the President said after the traditional conference meeting devoted to the prevention of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Zelensky demands that the government clearly explain to the people how the country is divided into four zones and why adaptive quarantine is required.

The head of state requested information from Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Ihor Petrashko on the economic measures aimed at helping Ukrainians to protect themselves from the negative impact of the epidemiological situation.

The president also raised the issue of ensuring all conditions for Ukrainian scientists to have the necessary equipment, laboratories, funding, and other things so that strategically our state has the opportunity to create medicines and vaccines in Ukraine in the future.