COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Ukraine when its first case was confirmed to be hospitalized in Chernivtsi Oblast on 3 March 2020.[1] It was a man who had travelled from Italy to Romania by plane and then arrived in Ukraine by car.[2]

COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
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Number of confirmed cases by oblast
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationUkraine
First outbreakvarious European states with first case from Italy or Romania; Egypt
Index caseChernivtsi Oblast
Arrival date3 March 2020 (4 years, 11 months and 19 days)
Confirmed cases647,976
Recovered299,358 (including 27 children and 824 medical workers)
Deaths
11,263 (146 men, 115 women)
86% of dead over 50

As of 20 March, an emergency was declared in Kiev Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and in the city of Kiev.[3]

Statistics for the Russian-held Crimea and city of Sevastopol, and for the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine are not reported by Ukraine.[4]

COVID-19 Pandemic In Ukraine Media

References

  1. "First coronavirus case identified in Ukraine | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. "Ukraine reports first coronavirus case, in man who traveled from Italy". Reuters. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "В Еще Одной Области Украины Объявили Чрезвычайную Ситуацию Из-За Коронавируса" [An emergency has been declared in another region of Ukraine because of the Corona virus], TSN, 21 March 2020, archived from the original on 21 March 2020, retrieved 23 March 2020
  4. Miller, Christopher (2020-04-17). "No Official Tallies, But Separatist-Held Ukraine Faces 'Considerable' COVID-19 Threat". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2020-05-01.