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| Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak tests positive for coronavirus | Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak tests positive for coronavirus |
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| A coronavirus test conducted on Alexander Novak, who has headed the Energy Ministry since 2012, returned positive, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told reporters. | A coronavirus test conducted on Alexander Novak, who has headed the Energy Ministry since 2012, returned positive, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told reporters. |
| Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin delivered the news while touring Russia’s Far East, where he held a series of meetings on boosting the region’s economy. | Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin delivered the news while touring Russia’s Far East, where he held a series of meetings on boosting the region’s economy. |
| “He [Novak] came here, in fact, and then flew back to Moscow without taking part [in the meetings],” the prime minister told reporters. | “He [Novak] came here, in fact, and then flew back to Moscow without taking part [in the meetings],” the prime minister told reporters. |
| The 48-year-old minister shows no Covid-19 symptoms, an official in the Energy Ministry later said. Novak is set to take part in an OPEC+ meeting held via video link on Wednesday, he added. | |
| Meanwhile, a number of reporters covering the PM’s Far East tour have also tested positive for Covid-19. They were isolated and taken to Moscow on an Emergency Ministry plane. | |
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