What Ukraine's 6 April 2020 quarantine rules demanded of citizens
A look back at the restrictions that took effect in Ukraine on 6 April 2020, and at a separate US decision on the same date.
What did Ukraine's quarantine actually ask of people on 6 April 2020? The Cabinet of Ministers' ban took effect that day, and its terms were specific. Being in public places without a mask or respirator was prohibited, as was being out without documents. Walks in parks and public gardens were barred, and so was moving around in a group of more than two people.
The government also required people over 60 to self-isolate for the duration of the quarantine. That put a distinct obligation on one age group, separate from the rules that applied to everyone.
The measures were framed as part of the response to coronavirus disease 2019 in Ukraine. Taken together, they moved from general advice to enforceable bans on everyday conduct: what to wear outside, what to carry, where to walk and with how many companions.
The same date also brought a decision elsewhere. The Trump administration designated the Russian Imperial Movement, a white supremacist group based in Russia, as a terrorist organization and imposed individual sanctions on its leaders. The step was described as unprecedented. The group is believed to have trained the perpetrators of a series of terrorist attacks in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2016.
The two developments were unrelated, but both showed governments using formal prohibitions and designations on 6 April 2020.
