Russian Culture Minister tests positive on COVID-19

19:42, 06.05.2020

Russia’s Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova, 39, was diagnosed with coronavirus. She is said to have a mild case, but hospitalization is “out of the question,” the ministry’s press service said. Lyubimova is at home in self-isolation and continues to work via video conferencing, it added.

Last week, three top Russian officials, including Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, were hospitalized with confirmed coronavirus.

Speaking at a videoconference with the cabinet of ministers, President Vladimir Putin said he was maintaining contact with Mishustin, who is slowly recovering and working between bouts of high temperature.

As for Putin himself, measures to protect his health were “as high as possible,” according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

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