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| Russian Prime Minister Mishustin tests positive for coronavirus as national total tops 100,000 cases | |
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| 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. | |
| First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov will step in as interim head of the government during Mishustin’s recovery. | |
| It appeats Mishustin received the result of his test while at work. Earlier in the day, he headed a session of the government, conducted remotely. | |
| It just became known that the tests that I've passed for coronavirus gave a positive result," Mishustin told the president "In this regard, and in accordance with the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor [the national health watchdog], I must self-isolate and comply with the instructions of doctors: I have to do this to protect my colleagues." | |
| Mishustin told Putin that the government will continue working uninterrupted, and that he’ll remain in close contact with the president. “I’m planning to remain in active contact with my colleagues via the phone and video conferences,” he said. | |
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