“The first case of infection of a medical worker with a coronavirus infection has been registered. This is a nurse who works in the department where infected patients are ... The diagnosis is initially confirmed. We are waiting for the result from “Vector” (Novosibirsk Center for Virology. - RT ), ”RIA Novosti quotes the words of the press secretary of the medical institution Irina Sidorova.

According to her, the infected person is in the hospital and receives the necessary help. Her condition is assessed as moderate.

Earlier, the Federal Biomedical Agency presented a treatment regimen for coronavirus infection COVID-19 based on the antimalarial drug mefloquine.