COVID-19: Russian Prime Minister Mishustin tests positive

Friday, 1 May 2020Newsdesk

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been diagnosed with Covid-19. The news was announced on Thursday evening, live on national television, during a video link with President Vladimir Putin.

New Delhi, 01 May 2020

As per news report of RT.COM, first Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov will step in as interim head of government during Mishustin’s recovery. It appears Mishustin - who replaced Dmitry Medvedev as Prime Minister in January - received the result of his test while at work. Earlier in the day, he headed a governmental session, conducted remotely. His diagnosis makes him the second major world leader known to have contracted the infection - after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Source -RT.COM