Five deaths have been confirmed in the region and more than a thousand people have fallen ill in the past 7 days.
Rivne region leads the number of patients with coronavirus in Ukraine. In the past week alone, five deaths and more than a thousand new patients were recorded in the region, TSN reports.
Such indicators are 30% higher than the incidence of COVID-19 compared to last week.
According to the doctors, a highly infectious strain of Omicron is actively circulating now. Although it is easier on the course of the disease, it is still dangerous, especially for the elderly or those with chronic diseases.
Only half of the region’s population is vaccinated and only 10% is on the buffer dose.
It was previously reported that a variant of the Kraken coronavirus strain was found in four regions of Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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