Russian minister of culture tests positive for the coronavirus
MOSCOW, May 6, 2020, RTVi. Russia’s Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova has tested positive for COVID-19, RBC reported on Wednesday, according to the RTVi.
“This is a mild case of the disease, and hospitalisation is out of the question,” said Lyubimova’s spokeswoman Anna Usacheva.
Lyubimova is the fourth member of Russia’s ministerial cabinet to have contracted COVID-19. PM Mikhail Mishustin announced that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 30. Construction Ministry head Vladimir Yakushev and his deputy Dmitry Volkov have also contracted the virus.