In Ukraine, the coronavirus was confirmed in 10 of 406 persons, of whom 261 died

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The number of patients COVID-19 in Ukraine could reach the level of 180 thousand people, but due to quarantine it failed to prevent. In an interview with “Observer” said the Deputy Minister of health and chief state sanitary doctor of Ukraine Victor Liashko.

“According to forecasts, we could be 180 thousand patients, and now have about 10 thousand Rapid spread has not occurred. We went on a quiet plateau, capture new cases that are tailored to those who recovered and died a day do not exceed an increase of 10%”, – he said.

Lyashko added that Ukraine is moving according to the optimistic forecast of the epidemic in the country in which the increase in the number of patients does not exceed 30% daily.

“In this scenario, our healthcare system will cope with the load… Quarantine helped us, 100%. It shows statistics on SARS, the number of pneumonia. I think the quarantine saved the lives of at least one third of Ukrainians”, – said the chief sanvrach.

As of the morning of 30 April in Ukraine coronavirus was confirmed in 10 of 406 persons, of whom 261 died and 1238 recovered. In the National Academy of Sciences predict that the peak of deaths from coronavirus infection have in the country on 3-10 may.

According to the American Johns Hopkins University, the total number of infected people in the world exceeded 3.1 million people, including more than 227 thousand died.