Russian Minister of Education and Science recovers from COVID-19 Infection

Russian Minister of Education and Science Valery Falkov 

News agency RIA Novosti (Russia) 14/5, said the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Russia, Valery Falkov, recovered after SARS-CoV virus infection-2 pandemic COVID-19.

Speaking at a meeting on the development of gene technology, Minister Falkov reported to President Vladimir Putin that he had overcome COVID-19 and started working again.

Earlier, the Russian Minister of Culture, Olga Lyubimova, was also cured of COVID-19 after being confirmed on May 6.

In addition to the above two names, there are a number of other senior officials in the Russian Government Cabinet who also have COVID-19, including Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Minister of Construction Vladimir Yakushev.

Most recently, on May 13, Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, also said he was positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Mr. Peskov is currently being treated in a hospital.

Data on the monitoring site Worldometers.info said, as of 21:30 pm 14/5, Russia recorded 252,245 cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus, of which 2,305 people were killed.