Ukraine records 50% spike in coronavirus cases – WBNG-TV

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine has recorded a 50% increase in the number of daily new COVID-19 infections, a day after authorities launched the countrys vaccination campaign. Health Minister Maxim Stepanov said Thursday that 8,147 new infections were found over the past day, up from 5,424 a day earlier. He did not speculate on the cause of the spike, but said the country so far has not detected the presence of the more contagious British virus variant. The surge is alarming for the country whose understaffed medical system is already struggling to treat coronavirus patients, particularly in the hard-hit western regions where cases rose significantly after a two-week lockdown in January.

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Ukraine records 50% spike in coronavirus cases - WBNG-TV