Russian minister of culture tests positive for the coronavirus

Olga Lyubimova. Photo: TASS. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.

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.

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