KYIV, March 3 – First case of coronavirus infection has been registered on Tuesday in Ukraine's Chernivtsi, deputy health minister of Ukraine and chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine Viktor Liashko has said.

"The first coronavirus case has been registered in Ukraine today," Liashko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.

According to him, as of Monday there were four cases of suspected coronavirus, one of which was confirmed. Currently, work is underway with the neighborhood circle of the person with confirmed coronavirus. "And this circle is narrow," Liashko said.