Ukraine contracts COVID-19 for third time

Kiev, A resident of Ukraine’s western Ternopil Region has contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for a third time, head of the regional health department Volodymyr Bohaichuk said. “There is a sick person, who fell ill for a third time. We must understand that when someone has recovered from the coronavirus infection, it does not protect them from a recurrent disease,” the local Ternopoliany website quoted Bohaichuk as saying. Earlier, the Ukrainian Health Ministry said 67,597 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded in the country, with 1,650 deaths and 37,394 recoveries. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic on March 11. According to the WHO, the global coronavirus death toll has surpassed 656,000 people, with the number of cases worldwide exceeding 16.5 million.

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