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 Ukraine had registered 2.94 million infections and 68,027 deaths as
of Nov. 1. Only 7.4 million people, or less than a fifth of the
total population of around 41 million, has been fully vaccinated so
far.
From Monday residents of Kyiv will have to present vaccine
certificates or evidence of a negative COVID-19 test to use
restaurants, cafes, gyms, entertainment facilities and shopping
malls. Staff working in those places must have been vaccinated.
City authorities have said special teams will monitor compliance
with the restrictions on public transport.
Reuters correspondents saw police and National Guard members
stationed at entrances to the metro checking people's vaccination
certificates. Restaurant and cafe staff carried out similar checks
on their customers.
"I consider all this a necessity because otherwise people
unfortunately do not understand. You need to be vaccinated. They
need to motivate people somehow," Julia Lisok, a bank employee, told
Reuters.
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"Unfortunately Ukraine has one of the lowest levels of vaccination
and this does not bring us closer to Europe," she added.
The government has made vaccinations against COVID-19 compulsory for
some state employees, and authorities hope the new requirements will
speed up vaccination.
Neighbouring Russia has also imposed tough new lockdown measures as
COVID-19 deaths hit a record daily high. In Poland, which also
borders Ukraine, the total number of cases passed three million on
Friday.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Sergiy Karazy; Editing by Gareth
Jones)
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