Ukraine may extend quarantine until end of April – media

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal earlier said quarantine curbs in the country could be extended until April 30.

Ukraine's government plans to extend the coronavirus-related quarantine until April 30.

That's according to the RBC Ukraine news agency, which cites a Health Ministry source.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal earlier said quarantine curbs in the country could be extended until April 30. Yet, he said, the date was unlikely to be final.

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  • In early February, Shmyhal said the Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine's government, would decide on the return to adaptive quarantine in the coming days.
  • The prime minister stressed red quarantine zones would be established by separate decisions.
  • On February 9, Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister, Chief Medical Officer Viktor Liashko said the ministry would offer the government a new model of adaptive quarantine to be in effect from the middle or end of February.