One HDP deputy tests positive for coronavirus

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The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has announced that one of its MPs has tested positive for coronavirus.

After a cleaning worker on the same floor with the HDP group in the parliament was diagnosed with Covid-19, the party's deputies, along with the staff working on the floor were tested for coronavirus, it said in a statement.

The MP is currently under doctor's control, the statement said, without revealing his/her name.

The statement also said that its members would continue using masks and maintain physical distance to prevent infection. (EMK/VK)