Ukrainian President Zelensky recovers from Covid-19

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced his recovery from Covid-19.

"I have finally tested negative for coronavirus," Zelensky said on Telegram on Monday.

"One should be aware of the new risks and take maximum care of oneself. One should understand that the wearing of medical masks, self-isolation, social distancing, balanced vitamin plans, and physical exercise are now mandatory. All that is very important, and all those things combined give us hope," Zelensky said.

Zelensky said he came back to work on Monday.

"It will be a busy day, but I am glad to be working as usual," he said.

On November 9, Zelensky and head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said they had contracted the novel coronavirus. Later on, Yermak's advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said that both Zelensky and Yermak were receiving treatment for Covid-19 at the Feofaniya Clinical Hospital of the State Management of Affairs.

Hospital chief physician Ihor Semeniv said in the middle of November that "the cost of the president's treatment was equal to the cost of treatment of any other admitted patient with the coronavirus infection, about UAH 7,800 [some $300] a day. There is no separate budget for the president. He is receiving hospital care on the same conditions as the others."

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