Ukraine's health minister refutes resignation rumors

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Minister of Health of Ukraine Ilya Yemets does not intend to resign, his spokesman Artem Dekhtiarenko told 1+1 TV channel.

"We are responsible for the position of the minister and the ministry itself. We spoke with the Minister yesterday – and the minister's position is that he came to power to implement health care reform, to help Ukraine tackle the coronavirus epidemic; and we work almost around the clock, working hard to achieve these goals... Minister of Health Ilya Yemets is not going to resign," the spokesperson stressed.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, on March 23, a number of Ukrainian legislators claimed that the health minister intended to resign.