This was announced by Mikhail Mishustin. Now 48-year-old Novak will work remotely.
Energy Minister Alexander Novak was to take part in a meeting of the government commission on the socio-economic development of the Far East in Blagoveshchensk. However, upon arrival in the city, it turned out that Novak had a coronavirus. In order not to put his colleagues at risk, the minister returned to Moscow.
There he will continue to work from home and participate in government meetings remotely. According to the department, Novak’s disease is asymptomatic. Mikhail Mishustin at the beginning of today’s meeting wished him health and a speedy recovery. As you know, Mishustin himself also had COVID-19.
Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova, Minister of Education and Science Valery Falkov, Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of Udmurtia Alexander Brechalov and Head of Kalmykia Batu Khasikov also suffered from the disease.
It is reported that several journalists from the government pool also flew from Blagoveshchensk. The test for the virus turned out to be positive, so they were first isolated, and then sent to the capital on a special flight of the Ministry of Emergencies.
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