Speaker Razumkov says 21 lawmakers, 55 parliament workers ill with COVID-19 now

Speaker Razumkov says 21 lawmakers, 55 parliament workers ill with COVID-19 now / Photo from UNIAN

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov has said 21 Members of Parliament and 55 employees of the Verkhovna Rada secretariat were ill with COVID-19 as of December 14.

"As of today, 211 employees of the secretariat have been ill or are being treated. As for the lawmakers, there are 128 Ukrainian MPs. As of today, there are 21 MPs and 55 employees of the secretariat," he said during the Conciliation Council of faction leaders and chairmen of parliamentary committees, an UNIAN correspondent reported.

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