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On March 16, 10 million medical masks will be handed over to healthcare facilities throughout Ukraine, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

Tomorrow we will transfer 10 million medical masks to healthcare facilities across Ukraine, Shmyhal wrote on his Telegram channel on March 15.

He also added that together with Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Viktor Liashko, he had checked regional medical warehouses.

Ukrainian doctors and junior medical personnel in Ukraine are fantastic people! the prime minister wrote.

As Ukrinform reported, the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic.

Three coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Ukraine, including one death.

Starting from March 12, a quarantine has been introduced in Ukraine for three weeks, as well a package of anti-epidemic measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

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Late last July we packed our bags into a small Fiat and headed for a tour of Eastern Europe. Our route took us through the Baltics and Poland, but the main attractions for us were Ukraine and Romania, for their mountain roads, good beer and cooking and especially the weird cars.

Ive enjoyed car spotting posts on various car sites and social media as long as I can remember, so it feels like its only my duty to try and document the automotive oddities either still doing daily driver duty or spending their retirement years hidden in a bush somewhere by the side of the road. Luckily, our drive through these countries proved them to be a veritable treasure trove of strange cars, or regular cars in strange places.

After we woke up on our first day in in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, it was time to find some breakfast. A stroll in a new city is fantastic for me as it feels like an unopened book, full of unexpected weirdness just waiting for me to find out about it. And what better to start that off than a really badly beaten Alfa Romeo 75, missing large parts of its front end and its hood the wrong color.

I bet theres a story here, how an Alfa like this ended up in Ukraine and how it got into this condition, but it might take as long to piece the story together as it takes to fix the car.

Old, rear-engined Skodas are all kinds of neat and I was happy to spot at least one on this trip. The ochre paint job on this one seemed to fit it well.

There are some Chinese-built cars on the roads of Ukraine, and it might be the westernmost country where you could spot a Chery Amulet.

Amulets use the bodyshell of the first generation Seat Toledo, but the engine is the Ford CVH four-cylinder found in Escorts and Focuses. They seemed to be surprisingly common, too. I think Blake Z. Rong told me he learned to drive in one of these. I shot this clean one in front of a coffee roastery in Lviv.

The ZAZ Tavria is a weird little hatch that perhaps resembles an 80s Mitsubishi or Daihatsu, but its all Soviet. These things were made in Ukraine, and this one has been modified a little. The wheels are original, however, and those really are some enormous hubs.

The AZLK-2141 or Moskvich Aleko is certainly one of the cars I set out to find on this trip, and I was really happy to spot this one as they werent exactly a common sight any more.

A lot of the dimensions and measurements on the Aleko match the late-1970s Chrysler Alpine / Talbot 1307, but nothing is interchangeable.

Another car I definitely wanted to spot on the trip was a Volga, and out of the ones I saw I picked this GAZ-31105 to represent them. Its a modernized version of the original GAZ-24 dating back to the late 60s - early 70s, but this one can be as new as a 2004. We saw this 31105 near the Tsipa brewery in Kvasy, not far from the Romanian border. Its worth visiting if youre ever in the region.

Heres one of the more surprising sights of our trip. I didnt expect to see an Iranian-made IKCO Samand in Ukraine, but here it is. These cars are heavily based on the Peugeot 405 running gear, as those are also made in Iran. I dont think the Samand was sold in many countries other than Iran, but this is actually one of two Samands I saw in Ukraine.

There are a lot of right-hand-drive Japanese second-hand cars on Russian roads, but I was also able to see some in Ukraine. This turbocharged 80s Mitsubishi Galant E15 was a surprise, as its weathered the years fairly well despite a couple of bumps and bruises. The ELECTRO JET sticker probably means something noteworthy on these.

Nivas usually rule, and this one was no exception. The bolted on arch extensions, the big wheels and offroad tires, the improvised bumper and winch, the DIY snorkel - theres so much to appreciate here.

If Im being perfectly honest with you, I didnt expect to see a Mercury Topaz in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. But after seeing so many slightly strange cars among all the Skodas and Dacias, the Topaz seemed to make sense in a really off-beat way.

Same goes for this really quite tired looking Citron BX, sitting just a few meters from the Tempo. When these cars were new, you would have been hard pressed to see them almost next to each other anywhere in the world. But some 35 years on, here they were in southern Ukraine. And so was I.

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Among other measures, the draft bans mass events with more than 200 participants.

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The ministry's press service says the draft provides for:

- Streamlined procurement of goods, works, and services to prevent and combat coronavirus, which will speed up the process of purchasing personal protective equipment and test systems;

- An opportunity for employees to work from home;

- A ban on holding mass events with more than 200 participants;

- A ban on control and supervision procedures during the implementation of measures related to preventing and fighting the coronavirus;

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- Strengthening border control; and

- A clear algorithm of forced isolation and self-isolation and liability for non-compliance with quarantine rules.

As reported earlier, the Ministry of Health has recommended all employers for the period of a national-wide quarantine to allow employees to work from home.

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Forced isolation and work from home: Ukraine's government drafts "coronavirus" bill - UNIAN

To stop the spread of COVID19, many countries, including Ukraine, have partly or entirely closed their borders, shuttered schools and banned mass gatherings.

The disease has killed 5,000 people globally while over 140,000 have been infected. And although there have been only three confirmed cases of the disease in Ukraine, theres a growing sense of alarm here too.

Meanwhile, detecting the infection is a key issue for the country, which has a population of 37 million people.

What are the symptoms of COVID19?

Being a respiratory infection, COVID19 often has flu-like symptoms: high temperature (higher than 37.6 degrees Celsius), fatigue, sore throat, shortness of breath and a dry cough. It can take two weeks after the person was infected for symptoms to show.

People with mild symptoms might recover within just a few days. More serious symptoms of COVID19 include trouble breathing, chest pain and nasal bleeding. This can lead to pneumonia, which can cause lung failure and death.

Ithink Ihave the symptoms. What should Ido?

After the first symptoms of possible COVID19 appear, a patient should call a family doctor, an ambulance (call the number 112), or the government hotline (call the number 1545).

Its best not to go to the doctor immediately to avoid infecting other people. After excluding flu and the common cold, a doctor will send the patient to get tested for the coronavirus. In Kyiv, seven hospitals carry such tests.

According to the health ministry, patients must be tested if they recently traveled to countries with serious outbreaks of the virus or had contact with a person who is suspected to have coronavirus.

How do they test for coronavirus?

There are two types of coronavirus tests available in Ukraine: a quick finger prick test and a more precise laboratory test. The reliability of the quick test ranges from 87% to 95%.

If the rapid test gives a positive result, the diagnosis will be checked again with the advanced test to confirm that the person has COVID19. For this, a swab is taken from the patients throat and sent to a laboratory.

Ive heard theres a shortage of tests in Ukraine. Is it true?

There is no shortage, but, for now, tests are available only in designated state hospitals. In Kyiv, there are seven such hospitals: three for adults, three for children and one maternity hospital.

Kyiv authorities have bought 3,500 tests for coronavirus detection. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, by the end of the week there will be 5,000 of those. As of March 11, only 43 Ukrainians were tested for coronavirus.

How long does it take to know the results?

The rapid test detects the virus antibodies and shows a result 10 minutes after the blood is taken.

The more advanced test takes, on average, 57 hours to give a result. There are only nine laboratories in Ukraine that test the samples sent by the hospitals.

How much does a test cost?

State hospitals test for coronavirus for free. But one must have a doctors recommendation to take the test.

CanI buy it somewhere and do the test for COVID19 by myself?

Although the Ministry of Health of Ukraine guarantees the accuracy of only those tests performed in public hospitals, some private laboratories already offer tests for coronavirus. In Eurolab medical center in Kyiv, rapid tests cost around $60 and deliver the result in 30 minutes. The test is performed using a persons venous blood.

At the same time, according to Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko, rapid tests may appear in Ukrainian drug stores soon as well. Their retail prices arent known yet. The state has been buying them for around $14.

IfI test positive, what should Ido?

Judging from the experience of other countries, it will depend on how bad the symptoms are.

After testing positive for coronavirus, a person may be either advised to self-quarantine at home or be put in a hospital for infectious diseases. Out of the three confirmed cases in Ukraine, one man was hospitalized, while two people were simply reported to be isolated.

According to the health ministry, every oblast in Ukraine has designated hospitals to treat coronavirus patients. These hospitals have been supplied with protective equipment.

Patients in severe condition may need medical ventilators. Ukraine has only 605 of those, according to the health ministry. By comparison, Italy has over 1,000 coronavirus patients on ventilation lung support.

Does the U.S. travel ban affect Ukraine? CanI still travel to the U.S. from Ukraine?

Yes, one can fly to the United States from Ukraine if the flight doesnt have a stopover in the Schengen Area countries.

The travel ban imposed by the White House to stop the spread of coronavirus in the U.S. starts on March 13 on midnight. For 30 days, the U.S. will not allow travelers from the Schengen Area which includes 26 European countries.

Ukraine isnt a part of the Schengen Area, but most flights to the U.S. make a connection in Europe. The options that remain are a direct flight from Kyiv to New York operated by Ukraine International Airlines or flights with stopovers in non-Schengen countries like the U.K. or Turkey.

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Results of the analysis for coronavirus in the first patient in Ukraine on March 16 showed a negative result, Chernivtsi Regional State Administration (RSA) Deputy Head Natalia Husak said.

"Today we got a negative result, the first one from our patient number one, whose preliminary results were positive. That is, we can say that after two days this patient will also give samples, and if they are negative again, we can talk about recovery and discharge," she said.

Husak said some people who had contact with two patients who had previously been diagnosed with coronavirus were hospitalized, and some were self-isolating. All of them have been tested for the disease.

Husak emphasized that the age of patients with suspected coronavirus and patients with confirmed cases will not reported.

She said that there are 19 mechanical ventilation devices in the Regional Clinical Hospital of the Chernivtsi Region, two of which are awaiting repair. Also on Monday, the RSA sent a request to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the National Security and Defense Council for the provision of additional high-end piece ventilation units.

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