The Government approved the changes initiated by the Ministry of Health to the decree on quarantine measures

On September 16, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted the amendments initiated by the Ministry of Health to the decree on the establishment of quarantine and the introduction of enhanced anti-epidemic measures. This was announced by Minister of Health Maxim Stepanov at a briefing following a government meeting.

“These changes were developed and submitted for approval by the government after a meeting with the mayors of the cities, which took place the other day. It was in synergy with the regions that a common position was found regarding the introduction of quarantine measures,” said the head of the Ministry of Health.

The document, in particular, provides that the decision to ban the operation of educational institutions in areas with a “red” level of epidemic danger of the spread of COVID-19 will be made only jointly by the State and regional commissions on fuel and energy security and emergency situations.

In administrative units with “orange”, “yellow” and “green” levels, schools are prohibited from operating when more than 50 percent of classes are sent to self-isolation through contact with a patient with a confirmed case of COVID-19.

According to the approved changes, the “red” level of epidemic danger will be established by a joint decision of the State and regional commissions on TEB and ES in the event that more than 75 percent of beds in health care institutions in the region are loaded for 5 days in a row or the national average incidence rate for COVID is exceeded -19 (cases per 100 thousand population in 14 days) more than 5 times.

This can be a one-time closure of all areas of business or the gradual restriction of certain areas that in this particular region lead to outbreaks of the disease.

Also, from Monday, September 21, a new epidemic zoning will come into force in Ukraine. The updated division into quarantine zones was approved at an extraordinary meeting of the State Commission on Technogenic and Environmental Safety and Emergencies on Friday, September 18.

This was announced by the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleg Nemchinov.

“Red” zone

the city of Chop, Transcarpathian region;
Sambir and Pustomytovsky districts of Lviv region;
the city of Berezhany, Zaleshchytsky, Zbarazhsky and Ternopil districts of the Ternopil region;
the city of Salavat and the Volochissky district of the Khmelnytskyi region;
the city of Kanev, Cherkasy region;
Gertseivsky and Kelmenetsky districts of Chernivtsi region;
the city of Nizhyn and the Nosovsky district of the Chernihiv region.

“Orange” zone of the

city of Vinnytsia and Kazatin of Vinnytsia region;
the city of Novovolynsk, Kivertsovsky and Manevitsky districts of the Volyn region;
the city of Korosten, Luginsky and Ovruch districts of the Zhytomyr region;
the city of Uzhgorod, Rakhiv and Uzhgorod districts of the Transcarpathian region;
Pologovskiy district of Zaporozhye region;
Ivano-Frankivsk, Kalush and Kolomyya, Kosovskiy, Rogatinskiy, Rozhniatovskiy and Tysmenytskiy districts of Ivano-Frankovsk region;
the city of Obukhov, Kiev-Svyatoshinsky and Baryshevsky districts of the Kiev region;
Brody and Radekhiv districts of Lviv region;
the city of Voznesensk, Nikolaev region;
the cities of Belyaevka, Izmail and Chornomorsk, Berezovsky, Belgorodsky, Ivanovsky, Izmailsky, Ovidiopolsky, Tarutinsky and Tatarbunarsky districts of the Odessa region;
the cities of Dubno, Varash and Ostrog, Demidovsky, Zdolbunovsky, Kostopolsky, Mlynovsky and Rovensky districts of the Rivne region;
the city of Sumy, Sumy region;
the cities of Ternopil, Kremenets and Chertkov, Berezhansky, Borshchevsky, Buchatsky, Gusyatinsky, Zborovsky, Kozovsky, Kremenetsky, Lanovetsky, Monastyrsky, Podvolochysky, Podhaetsky, Terebovlyansky, devilish and Shumsky districts of the Ternopil region;
the cities of Kharkiv, Lyubotin and Velikoburluksky districts of the Kharkov region;
the cities of Khmelnitsky, Kamenets-Podolsky and Netishin, Kamenets-Podolsky, Teofipolsky and Yarmolinsky districts of the Khmelnitsky region;
the city of Smila, Kanevsky, Korsun-Shevchenkovsky and Smolensk districts of the Cherkasy region;
the city of Chernivtsi, Vizhnitsky, Glyboksky, Zastavnovsky, Kitsmansky, Novoselytsky and Storozhenetsky districts of the Chernivtsi region;
Boroznyansky, Kulikovsky and Nezhinsky districts of the Chernigov region;
the city of Kyiv.

“Yellow” zone

city of Mogilev-Podolsky and Khmelnik, Vinnitsa, Kalinovsky, Kozyatinsky, Litinsky, Tivrovsky, Tomashpolsky and Khmelnitsky districts of Vinnitsa region;
the cities of Lutsk and Vladimir-Volynsky, Vladimir-Volynsky, Gorokhovsky, Ivanchivsky, Lutsky, Lyubashevsky, Shatsky, Lutsky, Starovizhivsky, Tereysky and Shatsky districts of the Volyn region;
the cities of Zhitomir, Berdichev, Malin and Novograd-Volynsky, Baranovsky, Berdichevsky, Emilchinsky, Zhitomirsky, Korostensky, Korostyshevsky, Lyubarsky, Popilnyansky, Pulinsky, Romanovsky, Ruzhinsky, Horoshevsky, Chernyakhovsky and Chudnovsky districts of Zhytomyr region;
the cities of Beregovo, Mukachevo and Khust, Beregovsky, Velykobereznyansky, Vinogradovsky, Irshavsky, Mizhgirsky, Mukachevsky, Perechensky, Svalyavsky and Tyachevsky districts of the Transcarpathian region;
the cities of Zaporozhye, Berdyansk, Melitopol and Tokmak, Veselovsky, Volnyansky, Gulyaypolsky, Melitopol, Mikhailovsky and Orekhovsky districts of the Zaporozhye region;
the cities of Bolekhiv, Burshtyn and Yaremche, Bogorodchansky, Galitsky, Gorodenkovsky, Dolinsky, Kalushsky, Kolomievsky, Nadvirnyansky, Snyatsky and Tlumatsky districts of Ivano-Frankivsk region;
the cities of Berezan, Boryspil, Brovary, Bucha, Vasilkov, Irpen, Pereyaslav, Rzhishchev and Fastov, Belotserkovsky, Borispolsky, Borodyansky, Brovarskoy, Vasilkovsky, Vyshgorodsky, Volodarsky, Ivankovsky, Kagarlitsky, Makarovsky, Mironovsky, Raiyskiy, Obshchivsky area;
the cities of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk, Belovodsky, Markovsky, Melovsky, Stanichno-Lugansky and Starobelsky districts of the Luhansk region;
the cities of Lviv, Borislav, Drohobych, Sambir, Stryi and Chervonograd, Zhovkovsky, Gorodoksky, Drohobychsky, Zhidachevsky, Zhovkovsky, Zolochevsky, Kamenka-Bugsky, Nikolaevsky, Samborsky, Sokalsky and Yavorivsky districts of Lviv region;
the cities of Nikolaev and Yuzhnoukrainsk, Bashtansky, Vitovsky, Voznesensky and Kazankovsky districts of the Nikolaev region;
the cities of Odessa, Belgorod-Dnestrovsk, Podolsk, Teplodar and Yuzhny, Artsyzsky, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, Belyaevsky, Kiliysky, Limansky, Podolsky, Razdelnyansky, Savransky, Saratsky and Shiryaevsky districts of the Odessa region;
the city of Rivne, Bereznovsky, Vladimirretsky, Goshchansky, Dubensky, Zarechnensky, Koretsky, Ostrozhsky, Radivilovsky, Rokitnovsky and Sarnensky districts of the Rivne region;
the cities of Konotop, Lebedin and Romny, Belopolsky, Konotopsky, Krasnopolsky, Krolevetsky, Nedrygailovsky, Romensky, Seredina-Budsky, Sumy and Trostyanetsky districts of Sumy region;
the cities of Izyum, Lozovaya, Pervomaisky and Chuguev, Balakleisky, Barvenkovsky, Bogodukhovsky, Valkovsky, Volchansky, Dergachevsky, Zachipilivsky, Zmievsky, Zolochevsky, Izyumsky, Kegichivsky, Kolomaksky, Krasnogradsky, Krasnokuzhsky, Kharkiv and Novomovodolsky regions;
the cities of Starokonstantinov and Shepetovka, Belogorsky, Vinkovetsky, Gorodoksky, Derazhnyansky, Dunaevetsky, Izyaslavsky, Kamenets-Podolsky, Letichevsky, Novoushitsky, Polonsky, Slavutsky, Khmelnitsky, Chemerovetsky and Shepetovsky districts of Khmelnitsky region;
the cities of Cherkassy, Vatutino, Zolotonosha and Uman, Gorodischensky, Drabovsky, Zhashkovsky, Zvenigorodsky, Zolotonosha, Kamensky, Katerinopolsky, Lisyansky, Mankovsky, Umansky, Cherkassky, Chigirinsky and Shpolyansky districts of the Cherkasy region;
the city of Novodnistrovsk, Putilsky, Sokiryansky and Khotinsky districts of the Chernivtsi region;
the cities of Chernigov and Priluki, Bakhmach, Ichnyansky, Kozeletsky, Prilutsky, Snovsky, Srebnyansky, Talalaevsky, Chernigovsky districts of the Chernigov region.

This epidemic zoning will be valid for 14 days, after which it will be revised.

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