Ukrainian small business owners protest in Kiev against new lockdown measures

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  • Title: Ukrainian small business owners protest in Kiev against new lockdown measures
  • Date: 22nd March 2021
  • Summary: SHOTLIST KIEV, UKRAINE (MARCH 22, 2021) (AAVN –ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING CANS SPEWING COLORFUL SMOKE 2. PROTESTERS HOLDING UNION FLAGS (2 SHOTS) 3. MAN SPEAKING THROUGH MEGAPHONE 4. PROTESTERS 5. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING TO GOVERNMENT BUILDING 6. MAN ADDRESSING PROTESTERS THROUGH MICROPHONE 7. PROTESTERS HOLDING CANS SPEWING COLORFUL SMOKE 8. WIDE SHOT OF PROTESTERS HOLDING UP UNION FLAGS AAVN SCRIPT: Small business owners staged a protest in capital Kiev on Monday (Mar. 22) to protest the new lockdown measures in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease in Ukraine. The protesters gathered in Independence Square marched the government building in capital with the slogan “Save FOP (individual-entrepreneurs)”, demanding financial support from the government and an easing of lockdown measures. On March 20 the capital entered a three-week lockdown in response to the rising number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations as the former Soviet republic of 41 million people has seen a sharp increase in coronavirus. Nonessential businesses such as restaurants, offices, schools and non-food stores will be closed until while a ban on public events will be in place. According to Kiev Post, the country reported a total of 1,554,256 COVID-19 cases and 30,098 so far. The country has registered 7,893 new cases on Monday. Since the start of the vaccination campaign on Feb. 24, 111,024 people in Ukraine received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and only one person received the required two doses. Only 2,715 people were vaccinated on March 21. Writing by Sibel Uygun
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