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Huffington Post: Ireland’s prime minister is reregistering as a doctor to fight coronavirus

Published April 8, 2020 at 2:56 am

Protective ribbons keep the enter to the Mariinsky Park closed, as part of tighter quarantine measures ordered by The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to prevent the rapid spread of COVID-19, in Kyiv on April 6, 2020. Due to the order starting from April 6 all parks, recreation areas, forests and coastal areas close to visitors until April 24, 2020. Individual visitors will be allowed if they are walking a pet alone.

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Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will return to his medicinal roots to help his country fight the coronavirus. Varadkar, who worked in medicine for seven years before entering politics, has reregistered as a doctor and will work one shift a week with Ireland’s Health Service Executive.