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Advisor to the President on Economy Oleg Ustenko participated in an online meeting of representatives of the Swiss business community in Ukraine organized by the Embassy of Switzerland. It was the first such meeting with Swiss businessmen. Ambassador of Switzerland to Ukraine Claude Wild also took part in it.

Production of PCR tests has begun in Ukraine, and the first batch of 200,000 tests is being sent to the regions, as stated by Secretary of the Coordination Council on Combating the Spread of COVID-19 Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

The regular meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in video conference format took place. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ukrainian party congratulated the TCG participants on the successful mutual release of detained persons, which took place on April 16.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea informed that in the near future Ukraine will receive humanitarian aid for countering COVID-19, which was agreed on by the leaders of the two countries.

Ukraine has returned 20 of its citizens who were held captive in the temporarily occupied territories. Negotiations on the release of Ukrainians held in the occupied Crimea and Russia are ongoing. This was stated by Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak.

Pursuant to the instructions of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian party in the Trilateral Contact Group initiated the negotiation process continuously, in the format of a video conference.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak met with US Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine Kristina Kvien.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation, together with international partners and with the support of the Office of the President, launched an online challenge to gather the best ideas from citizens and business representatives to help ease the lives of people and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In order to counteract the spread of COVID-2019, the Ukrainian authorities are doing everything possible to ensure that doctors are provided with the means of protection and fight against the disease and that ordinary citizens have an opportunity to buy protection means in pharmacies, as stated by Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak.

The law enforcement agencies should conduct a full, impartial and open investigation of all facts related to a video published by one of the deputies of the Servant of the People faction. It was stated by Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak.