No pollution recorded in Cherkasy, lab tests to be conducted - Groysman
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that there is currently no pollution in Cherkasy and that detailed laboratory tests will be conducted.
"Children's health is improving," he told the 112 Ukraine TV channel during his visit to Cherkasy on Tuesday.
According to him, there is no need to create panic, as the situation is under control.
"At the moment there is no pollution. There is no pollution in the air, which means that the substance that was used is not in the air, on the ground, or in water. More detailed tests will be done in laboratories. If this substance still exists, it will be revealed," Groysman added.
In addition, the relevant authorities are determining who could have sprayed this substance or spread it in some other way.
"I do not want to make any assumptions. It could be anything. Perhaps, someone had not very good intentions," Groysman said.
He also noted that only after detailed studies it would be possible to talk about the connection of this event with what happened in a Novomoskovsk school in Dnipropetrovsk region.
"Now there is no reason to say that these events are connected," he said.
According to the directorate of the State Emergency Service in Cherkasy region (as of 14:30), 53 schoolchildren and two teachers from Cherkasy School No. 8 stayed in local hospitals with symptoms of poisoning.
In addition, 16 children (19 children according to the Health Ministry) from a school in Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, felt unwell. Doctors provided first aid on the spot. One girl was taken to hospital, but was later sent home.