The Ukrainian government has suspended Ukrainian Health Minister Oleh Musiy from office and dismissed his first deputy, Ruslan Saliutin.
Such a decision was taken at a government meeting on Wednesday, the prime minister’s press secretary, Olha Lapo, said, according to a Ukrinform correspondent.
She said that all government members had voted for this decision, only three abstained, and there was nobody opposing the decision.
Lapo also said that Deputy Health Minister Vasyl Lazoryshynets would fulfill the duties of the health minister.