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This was officially announced during a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers by the Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko
As we wrote, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has identified medical institutions that will be used to deploy hospitals if the epidemic starts. Since February 28, medical personnel have been holding drills in case of coronavirus detection. Medics, rescuers, police officers and local authorities are taking part in them;
In addition, Ukraine has about 12 thousand places in infectious hospitals, 2 thousand infectious hospitalists, 5 thousand other medical specialists who have experience of working in infectious hospitals and infection boxes.
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