Ukraine's COVID-19 cases exceed 12,000
Kiev/Xinhua/UNI: Ukraine on Monday reported 418 new cases, raising its total to 12,331 with 303 deaths, according to the country's health ministry.
As of Monday, 855 children and 2,387 health workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 1,619 patients have recovered, said the ministry.
A total of 3,662 coronavirus patients have been hospitalized since the beginning of the pandemic, including 412 health workers. Among them, 160 people are on ventilators.
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said that starting from Tuesday, scheduled operations will be allowed in Ukrainian clinics, noting that not a single patient got infected during surgeries since the beginning of the pandemic.
On April 22, the Ukrainian government extended its quarantine measures until May 11, and plans to ease restrictions if the number of cases decreases.
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