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Due to fires in the Zhytomyr region, local authorities are preliminary calculating the damage caused to local residents, and the Cabinet of Ministers will consider the issue of compensation for these losses already this week. This was reported to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting with government officials and law enforcers.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy keeps the issue of quarantine restrictions during the Easter services under personal control. Currently, in most regions of the country, the situation is calm and controlled. There are rare cases of quarantine violations that have already been addressed by law enforcement agencies.

Already next week, salary arrears that emerged in some regions will start to be paid to the doctors and other health workers. This was reported at a traditional meeting chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. The arrears will be paid by the subventions included in the new version of the budget.

The President stresses that if people do not observe quarantine during Easter, go to churches and do not take care of their safety and the safety of their loved ones, the COVID-19 outbreak and a significant increase in the number of patients may happen.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the implementation of projects creating additional jobs would be continued. In particular, it is planned to increase funding for the Great Construction program.

Continued cooperation with the International Monetary Fund will open the door for other countries to help Ukraine, as it will be a signal to the whole world that our country can be trusted, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that after the recent release of 20 Ukrainians illegally detained in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, negotiations are underway to bring back citizens held captive in the occupied Crimea and in the Russian Federation.

The COVID-19 mortality rate in Ukraine is 2.7% of the number of infected. This is a much lower figure than the world average. It was stated by Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov at a traditional meeting chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on combating coronavirus.

Ukraine will continue to implement a strategy to return people illegally detained in the temporarily occupied territories and in Russia until it releases all its citizens, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

During his working visit to the Zakarpattia region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy checked the course of the tactical training of the company-tactical groups of the 80th separate airborne assault brigade.