Plenary session of parliament opened

The plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada opened.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the parliament is about to hear a report of the leadership of the health Ministry concerning flu epidemic in Ukraine.

Only two lawmakers of Ukraine –Oleg Lyashko and Sergiy Shevchuk (both of them are from the BYUT faction) are in respiratory masks. Moreover, the guards of the parliament are also in respiratory masks.