With Kyiv city recording 500 new Covid-19 infections a day, the city moves today to the stricter “orange” quarantine level and adds new hospital beds. After Kyiv region reported that 152 students and 169 teachers are sick with Covid, acting Education Minister Serhiy Shkarlet asked school authorities around the nation to prepare to shift to distance learning in coming days. In the latest high profile infection, Ihor Smelyansky, CEO of Ukrposhta, the state postal company, wrote Saturday on Facebook that he returned from Brussels last week with Covid.