Danish parliament suspends voting after several lawmakers test positive for COVID-19


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  • Tuesday, 03 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: A customer shops at a Foetex wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hilleroed, Denmark October 29, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Liselotte Sabroe via REUTERS

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Danish parliament said on Tuesday it had suspended voting and other meetings after several lawmakers tested positive for COVID-19 and six ministers had self-isolated while awaiting test results.

Five lawmakers, including Conservative party leader Soren Pape Poulsen and former Energy Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt, said this week they had tested positive.

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