(MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, about 3% of the population of Ukraine have already had COVID-19.

"According to the operative data of the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health, about 3% of the population of Ukraine have already had COVID-19," Deputy Health Minister Iryna Mykychak said in an interview with the Telegraf media outlet.

She added that about 20% of patients admitted to hospitals have complications and, therefore, their treatment lasts a long time, the course of the disease becomes difficult to predict. Patients need not only special conditions and post-syndrome drug treatment but also oxygen therapy and special long-term care.

To date, according to the deputy minister, progressive growth is seen, compounded by increasing seasonal incidence of respiratory infections.

As of November 27, 35,707 Ukrainian healthcare workers contracted COVID-19, 327 of them died.

As of December 1, Ukraine has reported 758,264 coronavirus cases, including 13,141 cases registered in the past 24 hours.

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