Covid-19 cases in the Ukraine continue to increase

There has been a surge in cases in the Ukraine with a record 2,495 new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the national security council said on Wednesday, up from a previous record of 2,481 cases.

Ukraine has imposed a temporary ban on most foreigners from entering the country until 28 September and extended lockdown measures until the end of October to contain a recent spike in cases.

It has so far reported a total of 125,798 infections.