{"id":2186,"date":"2025-08-25T20:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:48:24","slug":"ukraine-imposes-covid-mask-regime-in-two-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/ukraine-imposes-covid-mask-regime-in-two-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine imposes Covid mask regime in two regions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Health authorities have reported a spike in new cases of the \u2018Nimbus\u2019 and \u2018Stratus\u2019 strains of the virus<\/strong><\/p>\n Face-mask mandates have been reintroduced in hospitals in\u00a0two regions of Ukraine amid a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n In a post on his Telegram channel on Monday, the head of the Rovno regional council, Andrey Karaush, announced the introduction of masks at a major local hospital. Other medical facilities in the Western Ukrainian region will be considering mask mandates in the coming days, he added.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the beginning of August, almost half a thousand cases of the disease have been officially confirmed in the region,\u201d<\/em> Karaush announced.<\/p>\n Several Telegram channels and media outlets have also reported that mask mandates were put in effect in several hospitals in Odessa Region, with visits allegedly restricted as well.<\/p>\n According to data circulating in the media, in Kiev alone there have been 1,121 confirmed Covid-19 cases over the past week.<\/p>\n