President appoints Razumkov, Bakanov members of Coordination Council to fight COVID-19 spread

President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Verkhovna Rada Chairman Dmytro Razumkov and Head of the Security Service Ivan Bakanov as members of the Coordination Council to fight the coronavirus spread.

The decree to that effect has been posted on the president’s website.

"To introduce to the composition of the Coordination Council for counteracting the Covid-19 spread: Ivan Bakanov - Head of the Security Service of Ukraine; Dmytro Razumkov - Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (with consent)," reads the document.

As Ukrinform reported, on March 16, President Volodymyr Zelensky created the Coordination Council to prevent the coronavirus spread as an advisory board.

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