Russian culture minister contracts coronavirus
Published : 06 May 2020, 20:59
DF-Xinhua Report
Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova has contracted COVID-19, the ministry's spokesperson said Wednesday.
"The results of COVID-19 tests are positive. The minister is at home and holds workshops via video conferences and participates in online meetings and negotiations," spokesperson Anna Usacheva was quoted by the local media as saying.
The disease has proceeded in a mild form and there is no talk of hospitalization, she added.
Lyubimova is the third member of the Russian cabinet to contract the novel coronavirus.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Vladimir Yakushev were diagnosed with COVID-19 last week.