Head of the WHO representative office in Ukraine Jarno Habicht says that new strains of COVID-19 have not been encountered in Ukraine yet, and the results of the analysis of several samples will be obtained in the near future.

"New mutations have not been found in Ukraine yet. But so far there is no opportunity to do the appropriate analyzes. Several samples have been sent from Ukraine to the sequencing center recently. We will have an answer in the near future," he said on the air of ICTV channel on Sunday evening.

As reported, on February 9, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that new strains of coronavirus may come to Ukraine, but the authorities are ready to resist them.