KYIV, Feb 28 - If necessary, patients likely to be infected with coronavirus will be transported in a specially equipped ambulance helicopter, which is on round-the-clock duty at the State Emergency Situations Service of Ukraine, said Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov.

"Ukrainian State Emergencies Service's Mi-8 ambulance helicopter, specially equipped for transporting infectious patients, has taken up a round-the-clock duty," Avakov said on the air of the "Right to Power" (Pravo na Vladu) program on 1 + 1 TV channel on Thursday night.