Spain's far-right Vox lawmaker diagnosed with coronavirus


  • World
  • Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish far-right lawmaker Javier Ortega Smith was diagnosed with coronavirus and he and his 51 fellow lawmakers from Vox party will work from home, the party said on Tuesday.

The party, the third largest in the country's lower house, has asked for a suspension of parliament's activity.

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