Avakov said this on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel.

“My personal point of view is that it is necessary to introduce a lockdown as quickly as possible.

Indeed, lasting three or four weeks, ”he said.

According to him, the government is currently preparing compensation programs for businesses.

Earlier it was reported that 15 331 new cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 were detected in Ukraine per day.

In total, 677,189 cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country.