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George Kent told how the United States supports Ukraine
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Ukraine is one of the five countries in terms of US assistance; In the event of another lockdown in Ukraine, vaccinated people can be given privileges. Korrespondent.net highlights the main events of yesterday.
George Kent told how the United States supports Ukraine
US government allocated to support Ukraine about $ 750 million a year. At the same time, Kiev is supported by representatives of both leading parties – both Democrats and Republicans. Kent stressed that Ukraine’s success is important not only for this country, but for the entire region.
Ministry of Health considers introduction of privileges for vaccinated against COVID-19
We are talking about the use of an “internal” covid certificate – an electronic document that will confirm the fact of vaccination against COVID-19. Vaccinated people in quarantine will be able to visit various institutions.
In the Kherson region, the hospitalization rate due to COVID reaches 80%
In the region for two days in a row exceeded the level of hospitalizations. Last time it was 69.8%, and this time it was 80%. At the same time, in the Luhansk region, where the hospitalization rate was also exceeded the day before, the situation has improved and the indicator was already 41.8%.
Ukrainians began to travel abroad more often
On the state border of Ukraine there is a significant an increase in the number of trips of citizens to some countries. The volume of foreigners arriving to Ukraine is also increasing. In the first six months of 2021, Ukrainians most often traveled to Poland. As for foreigners who visited Ukraine in the first six months of this year, Turkey showed the largest increase.
A catastrophic situation with coronavirus is developing in Russia
In Russia over the past week 5,455 people have died from the coronavirus COVID-19. This is a new record since the start of the pandemic and for the fifth in a row. In Moscow, which remains the main focus of the epidemic in Russia, 24,943 new cases were confirmed in seven days – 26.4% less than a week earlier, and about half as many as a month ago.
The Vatican for the first time disclosed the amount of its own property in the world
According to a 30-page document released to the public by APSA, BAtikan owns 4051 properties in Italy and about 1,120 objects abroad, not counting the Vatican embassies around the world. About 40% of the Vatican’s properties are institutional buildings – schools, monasteries and hospitals.
In Greece, police break up a protest against vaccination
Protest in the center of Athens against compulsory COVID vaccination the police used tear gas and water cannons. More than 4 thousand people came to the rally under the parliament building. The action was held for the third time in a month – people opposed mandatory vaccinations for individual workers, in particular, medical workers.
Thousands of people protested in Budapest over LGBT law
In Budapest, Hungary, thousands of people participated in the LGBT prideprotesting against the law prohibiting the dissemination of information about homosexuality or gender reassignment in schools.
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