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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government will extend COVID-19 restrictions until Oct. 1 to tackled a surge in infections due to the spread of the Delta variant, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Wednesday.
The seven-day average daily number of new cases has risen above 1,000 since mid-July, after the authorities lifted most restrictions and maintained only mandatory mask-wearing and social distancing requirements.
Ukraine, which has a population of 41 million, has been among the most affected European countries, with around 2.3 million COVID-19 cases and 53,149 deaths as of Aug. 11, and only 2.5 million have been fully vaccinated so far.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets, editing by Andrei Khalip)
