The European Parliament has confirmed six people working there have so far have been infected by Covid-19, including one who recently died.
That figure was announced after a Polish conservative MEP, Karol Karski, stated on Polish television that 43 people at the assembly had been infected.
Karski is one of five MEPs known as Quaestors, in charge of making sure deputies abide by internal rules.
According to sources, Karski...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.