Kyiv is not under quarantine

There are grounds for introducing quarantine measures in Kyiv.

"Today we can already say that the situation is improving - in Kyiv there are half as many registered cases of people with the flu and acute respiratory illnesses," reads the statement released by the press service of First Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov, who heads the State Emergency Anti-epidemic and Anti-epizootic Commission.

The press service reminds that during its meeting on Saturday, November 7, the State Commission passed a decision to step-up measures to fight the flu epidemic in all regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, where the number of sick is approaching the epidemic threshold.

The particular, these measures involve limiting mass gatherings.