Some time ago I was surprised, why quarantine in Poland only for Ukrainian citizens. but not for EU. After coming back Ukraine i realised, why this is happening.
- Nobody following rules in Ukraine. A lot of people going outside with no social distance, wearing masks only in shops… Sometimes not. If you come to Ukraine from Poland, you can be shocked.
- Once somebody has symphtoms – nobody is going to make a test for free. You have to pay up to 900 UAH for it, and for a lot of people – this is very expensive (in Europe this test costs few times more, but in case you have symphtoms, usually its for free).
- A lot of guys not afraid at all, they are not going to do any test even when feeling extremely bad.
- Once test is positive, there is no control (application) to keep you at isolation / home. Even after 14 days – it is not mandatory to do test. It sounds crazy, but true. So some people going outside after 14 days with risk to infect others again.
- Hidden places. Even when lockdown will come, some hidden places will still work 🙂 Lets say illegal, but not sure, that police will come and check.
- When you travelling Poland by bus from Ukraine, its a huge risk again, because nobody following rules – no masks, all places taken (not 50%) – no distance.
- When Poland was in “red zone” (they had more cases, than Ukraine for the last 2 weeks) – a lot of people after coming Ukraine – never followed the rules to stay 14 days on quarantine. Lets say it was not mandatory.
Interesting, how will be a situation with lockdown in Ukraine starting 8th of January 2021. For now it is still not canceled, but much better idea was to make lockdown for New Year and holidays, not after. This was also crazy solution. Like let’s have fun and later self-isolation.