Ukraine has been divided into zones due to the coronavirus

Many countries have imposed lockdowns due to the coronavirus.

In Ukraine, the lockdown has been in place throughout spring and summer.

At first, the lockdown was very strict.

People were not allowed to use public transport.

Schools, theatres, museums, cafés and shopping centres were closed.

Many rehabilitation centres were also closed.

These measures were necessary to ensure fewer people contracted coronavirus.

In the summer, people were allowed to use public transport again.

Shopping centres reopened.

The coronavirus hasn’t gone away.

People are now required to wear masks in public places.

People in Ukraine are still contracting coronavirus.

There are towns and villages where many people are contracting coronavirus.

And there are towns and villages where very few people are contracting coronavirus.

So that transport isn’t halted in all towns and villages

and to prevent shopping centres from closing,

Ukraine has been divided into zones.

There are towns and villages where a great many people have coronavirus.

These towns and villages are called red zones.

Strict lockdown measures will be in place for these towns and villages.

Public transport will not be running there.

Schools, nurseries, universities, colleges, rehabilitation centres, cafés, shopping centres and sports halls will be closed.

As of 17 August, the following areas in Ukraine are classified as red zones:

• the towns of Sambir (Lviv Oblast), Bilyayivka (Odesa Oblast), Dubno (Rivne Oblast),
• the Horodenka and Kosiv districts (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), the Kostopil and Rivne districts (Rivne Oblast),
• the Kitsman district (Chernivtsi region).

There are towns and villages where many people have contracted coronavirus.

Such towns and villages are designated as the ‘orange zone’.

Hostels and tourist accommodation will be closed here.

Entertainment venues and restaurants will be closed at night.

Gyms, fitness centres and cultural venues will be closed.

Children’s camps will be closed.

Large gatherings of people will be prohibited.

The orange zone includes:

• the Lutsk and Lyubeshiv districts of Volyn Oblast;
• the city of Uzhhorod, and the Perechyn, Tyachiv and Uzhhorod districts of Zakarpattia Oblast;
• the cities of Ivano-Frankivsk, Burshtyn and Kolomyia, and the Tysmenytsia district of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast;
• the cities of Lviv, Boryslav, Drohobych, Morshyn, Novyi Rozdil, Stryi, Truskavets and Chervonohrad, as well as the Brody, Busk, Horodok, Drohobych, Zhydachiv, Zhovkva, Zolochiv, Kamianka-Buzka, Mykolaiv, Mostyska, Peremyshliany, Pustomyty, Radekhiv, Sambir, Skole, Sokal, Staryi Sambir, Stryi, Turka and Yavoriv districts of Lviv Oblast;
• Mykolaiv and Sarat districts of Odesa Oblast;
• the town of Ostroh, and the Hoshcha and Zdolbuniv districts of Rivne Oblast;
• the town of Chortkiv and the Ternopil district of the Ternopil region;
• the city of Chernivtsi and the Hlyboka district of Chernivtsi Oblast.

There are towns and villages where few people have contracted coronavirus.

Such towns and villages are referred to as the ‘yellow zone’.

In the yellow zone, it is forbidden to visit care homes for the elderly.

It is permitted to use public transport,

and go to cinemas, but only in small groups.

The yellow zone includes:

• Kyiv;
• Lutsk, Volodymyr-Volynskyi and Novovolynsk, as well as the Gorokhiv, Ivanychi, Kivertsi, Manevychi and Ratne districts of Volyn Oblast;
• Khust, Vynohradiv, Irshava, Mizhhiria, Mukachevo, Rakhiv and Svalyava districts of Zakarpattia Oblast;
• Kalush, as well as the Bohorodchany, Verkhovyna, Halych, Dolyna, Kalush, Kolomyia, Nadvirna, Rohatyn, Rozhniativ, Sniatyn and Tlumach districts of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast;
• the cities of Odesa, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Izmail and Teplodar, and the Ananyiv, Artsyz, Bereziv, Bilyayiv, Bolhrad, Lyman, Ovidiopol and Savran districts of Odesa Oblast;
• the cities of Rivne and Varash, and the Berezne, Volodymyrets, Demydiv, Dubno, Zarichne, Korets, Mlyniv, Ostroh, Radiviliv, Rokytne and Sarny districts of the Rivne region;
• the cities of Ternopil and Berezhany, and the Berezhany, Husiatyn and Chortkiv districts of the Ternopil region;
• the city of Kharkiv, and the Bohodukhiv, Valkiv, Zolochiv, Krasnokutsk, Novovodolazh, Pervomaisk and Chuhuiv districts of the Kharkiv region;
• Vyzhnytsia, Herza, Zastavna, Kelmentsi, Novoselytsia, Putyla, Sokyriany, Storozhynets and Khotyn districts of the Chernivtsi region.

There are towns and villages where few people have contracted coronavirus.

Such towns and villages are referred to as the ‘green zone’.

In the green zone, quarantine restrictions are less stringent.

In the green zone, it is permitted to use public transport,

and go to cinemas, but only in small groups.

If you cannot find your town or district listed in the red, orange or yellow zones, then it belongs to the green zone.

Most towns and villages in Ukraine are in the green zone.

This news item was prepared by the All-Ukrainian NGO “Coalition” in plain language as part of the project “Accessible information on the challenges of Covid-19 for people with intellectual disabilities using simplified language (easy-to-read)’, with financial support from the Zagoriy Foundation.