The March selection includes such topics as: “Vaccination”, “Quarantine”, “Sternenko case”.

Please note that two of the three popular topics of the month can be considered informational branches (subtopics) to the more global topic “Coronavirus”, which continues to generate the most resonant information drives, not only for Ukrainian media.

Such a thematic focus in the media is obvious from the point of view of the current situation with the coronavirus. Probably, the “post-trial” topic will not completely exhaust itself in the media even in the coming months.Number of publications and potential coverageAccording to the results of the study, the most popular topic in March is the topic “Vaccination” with the number of publications - 34,924 and the potential coverage - 31 688 843. The topic “Quarantine” received — 20,770 mentions and potential coverage — 20,936,545.

Compared to the “Covid” topics, the political topic “Sternenko Affair” received much less. The number of publications in the media is 3,633 and the potential coverage is 4,479,818. Such a quantitative gap is due to the fact that from the point of view of mass audience curiosity, “Covid” topics arouse more lively interest and are more versatile compared to a political topic, which is more aimed at point curiosity on the part of the media, which is more likely to exhaust itself.

Most popular news by number of re-releases

In terms of the number of repeated news releases, the topic “Quarantine” is the leader. All three quarantine-themed news stories received more repeats than the topic “Vaccination” and “Sternenko case”.

• Restriction of transport work in the “red” zones: the Cabinet of Ministers handed over full power to local authorities. Repeats: 93.

Now the regional commissions on questions of technogenic and ecological safety and economic situations in each region will independently adopt a decision on quarantine restrictions on vehicles and roads in the region the “red” zone.

• There will be no lockdown in Ukraine, there is an adaptive quarantine - Stepanov. Repeats: 83.

“In Ukraine there will be no third lockdown, in Ukraine there is an adaptive quarantine, which predetermines strict quarantine limits. We had a lockdown one — an hour ago. After that, there were strict quarantine restrictions,” he told reporters on Friday.

• “Ukrzaliznytsya” made a change in the graph of the circulation of suburban and regional poets in the “red” regions. Repeats: 81.

As it turned out, “Ukrzaliznytsya” wounded a total of 10 special flights from and to Zakarpatska, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernovitskaya regions for the carry-free removal of passengers, which are critically important to avoid quarantine zone. The topic “Vaccination” has slightly fewer repeat outputs than in the topic “Quarantine”. This may be due to the fact that the topic “Vaccination” was more evenly distributed in the media, and news on quarantine topics were characterized by new information bursts, which were picked up by the media and duplicated.

• The Ministry of Health has released new data on Covid-related infections. Repeats: 68.

In Ukraine over the past days, another 1764 people were vaccinated against coronavirus COVID-19. This is the information provided by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, March 2. Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, 4,905 deliveries of the first dose of the Covishield vaccine of the Indian production were made in the country.

• Shmyhal: In Ukraine, the third wave of the pandemic has begun, a lockdown is possible. Repeats: 46.

The Prime Minister explained that the vaccination process is very long, and in order to avoid a strict lockdown, the population must follow quarantine recommendations, wear masks, etc.

• Vaccination passports will be introduced into the EU from June 15. Repeats: 45.

A single health certificate for citizens of all 27 countries of the European Union will be available from June 15. The document will contain information about vaccination against COVID-19. This was stated by the European Commissioner in charge of vaccination, Thierry Breton on the air of the LCI TV channel. The least repeated news releases on the topic “Sternenko case”. This distribution is due to the same reasons as the quantitative gap between the topics mentioned above.

• Danilov does not exclude that there are orders behind Sternenko's adventure. Repeats: 26.

It is necessary to analyze whether there were “no orders” for the court's decision on the part of the ex-leader of the Odessa division of the “Right Sector” Sergey Sternenko.

• The detained participant of the action under the Ministry of Economic Development was handed a certificate. Repeats: 26.

On Saturday evening, an action was held under the walls of the OP with the demand of the educational activist Sergey Sternenko and other political prisoners. The protesters lit fires and brandished noise grenades, inscriptions were painted on the facade of the rally of the OP activists in red color.

• Members of the Cabinet of Ministers condemned the violent actions of participants in Saturday's protest near the OP building. Repeats: 23

Members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine condemn vandalism and vandalism of state symbols that were seen during a protest in support of convicted activist Sergei Sternenko and other political prisoners near the Presidential Office building on March 20.*Data of the study were obtained for the period 01.03.2021-29.03.2021 based on TOP-100 media.