Ukraine – COVID-19 Situation Overview No. 9

As the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to grow, the Government of Ukraine has approved a nationwide “weekend quarantine”, replacing the established adaptive quarantine and forcing all non-essential businesses to close during the weekend, until the end of November.

The Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Ms. Osnat Lubrani, together with the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan in a bid to meet the needs of 1.9 million conflict-affected people in eastern Ukraine.