In Ukraine, 2.644 million cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 have been recorded, an increase over the day, October 17, - 9.5 thousand, which is traditional for the weekend. Of the patients for the past day: children – 790, health workers – 122. At the same time, 3.1 thousand people were hospitalized per day. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
«For the day of October 17, 2021 in Ukraine recorded 9524 new confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19,» - said the Ministry of Health.
Also for the past day:
- Hospitalized – 3127 people,
- Fatalities – 177,
- Recovered – 3421 people.
During the entire pandemic in Ukraine:
- 2,644,694 people fell ill;
- 2,329,418 recovered;
- 60,810 died;
- PCR tests were performed. – 13 581 768.
During Sunday, the largest number of confirmed cases was registered in Odesa (1367), Kharkiv (823), Dnipropetrovsk (782), Zhytomyr (703), Lviv (546) regions.
Meanwhile, it became known that despite the fact that in the near future in Ukraine may be introduced mandatory vaccination against COVID-19, it will not affect MPs. However, to work in Parliament, MPs, assistants, journalists and other staff will have to be vaccinated, or show a PCR test or antigen test done on the eve of a visit to the Verkhovna Rada.
Such restrictions are being discussed on the sidelines of the Verkhovna Rada, but the procedure is still being finalized. This was reported to UNN by a source in the «Servant of the People» party.
«There will definitely be no compulsory vaccination of deputies. I know that Fedorov, the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, was given the task of developing a mechanism for all those who have the right to work within the Verkhovna Rada. The president and party leaders , honestly, not everyone wants and is ready, and there are a lot of such deputies in party,» - the people's deputy of SN tells.
