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'I Dream About My Patients Dying': Doctor Battles In Ukraine's 'Red Zone' As COVID-19 Cases Spike


'I Dream About My Patients Dying': Doctor Battles In Ukraine's 'Red Zone' As COVID-19 Cases Spike
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In the city of Ovruch in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, the number of patients with COVID-19 continues to grow and the government has already designated the region a "red zone" for its high rate of new cases. RFE/RL visited the regional hospital and spoke with Viktoria Lytkivska, a doctor who has been treating patients since the start of the pandemic. Over 30,000 COVID-19-related deaths have so far been recorded in the country, with infections now at their highest level since November.

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