KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government approved on Wednesday declaring an emergency across the whole country for the next 30 days over the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said at a televised government meeting.
Previously an emergency had been declared in certain regions and in the capital Kiev.
Ukraine has reported 113 cases as of March 25, including 4 deaths. The ministers, all of whom wore masks, also approved to extend lockdown measures already in place for another month until April 24.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; editing by Matthias Williams)
