In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, public health experts are now warning that the COVID-19 pandemic could soon accelerate in the region.
causing a surge in cases. In the past four weeks alone, Ukraine reported more than 900,000 COVID-19 cases, more than one-fifth of total cases from the entire pandemic. Only 35% of Ukrainians are fully vaccinated.People stay in an underground metro station used as bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 2, 2022.A reception center for Ukrainian refugees is set up in a luxury hotel in Suceava, Romania, on March 2, 2022.
WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Wednesday there's likely to be significant undetected transmissions.Tarik Jasarevic, WHO spokesperson, told ABC News Live,"We will probably see less of testing, less off sequencing, less of a heavily epidemiological picture of COVID-19." "Our ability to respond will be hampered by the lack of testing and surveillance, which means that we are likely to be flying blind as to the impact of the virus for weeks to come," Brownstein said.Ukrainian citizens and expatriates are being tested for COVID-19 upon arrival, in Athens, on Feb. 28, 2022.Ukrainian refugees, helped by Romanian paramedics, pass the Romanian-Ukrainian border crossing point in Siret, northern Romania, on Feb. 26, 2022.
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