Driving the urgency are record numbers.

Driving the urgency are record numbers. Yesterday, the reported daily toll of new infections hit 15,331 and the daily death toll hit 225. New infections in Kyiv yesterday hit 1,399. The Health Ministry reports that of the nation’s 57,446 hospital beds for Covid patients, only 13,653, or 24% are free. Last month, President Zelenskiy drew the lockdown red line at 9,500 new cases a day. Days later, he moved the line to 15,000 daily cases. At a minimum, the government is expected to extend the weekend lockdowns. They were to end after this weekend.