President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky became infected with coronavirus

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has tested positive for coronavirus. Zelensky, according to the Facebook page of the office of the President of Ukraine, is feeling well and is performing his duties while in self-isolation.

On the website of the President of Ukraine , it is reported that on November 9, Zelensky took part in a conference call to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Employees of the president's office, the report says, are regularly tested for coronavirus. Yuliya Kovaliv, the deputy head of the office, has already received a negative test result, and the head of the office, Andriy Yermak, has already received a positive test.

Zelenskiy himself confirmed on Twitter that he tested positive for COVID-19. The President of Ukraine added that he feels good, continues to work and is confident that he will overcome the coronavirus.

• According to Johns Hopkins University, 474,245 cases of a new coronavirus infection have been recorded in Ukraine, 9,647 of them over the past day. The population of Ukraine is almost 42 million people.
• Former Prime Minister of Ukraine, leader of the Batkivshchyna party, Yulia Tymoshenko, was ill with COVID-19. Tymoshenko was diagnosed with coronavirus at the end of August, and the politician needed hospitalization . Tymoshenko announced her recovery in mid-September.