The decree on the appointment of First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov as acting chairman of the Russian government has lost force. The corresponding document was signed by Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Mishustin was discharged from the hospital and returned to the duties of prime minister.

“Mikhail Vladimirovich completed the treatment and was discharged from the medical institution. He began work at the Government House. In the morning, he held a working meeting with colleagues in the videoconference mode. He’s getting ready for a meeting with the president, ”Boris Belyakov, spokesman for the prime minister, told reporters.

Putin congratulated Mishustin on recovering from the coronavirus and returning to work.

“I want to congratulate you, Mikhail Vladimirovich, on the fact that you finally got rid of this virus. The last few tests, as the doctors told me, are negative, so you can start working in full. Although you worked, in spite of this disease, you worked almost in full even before that, ”said the president, addressing the prime minister at a meeting on the implementation of previously taken measures to support the economy and the social sphere.

Mishustin, who also attended the meeting, thanked all the doctors for their dedicated work.

“I personally saw how they work and what a load is now on them. This difficult and dangerous work, of course, should be rewarded at its true worth, including financially, which you, Vladimir Vladimirovich, have repeatedly said, and the fulfillment of obligations to medical workers is our absolute priority, ”Mishustin said at a meeting with the president.

The Prime Minister reported that additional payments to medical workers who work with patients with coronavirus were provided.

“And employees of stationary social service organizations, taking into account the decisions you made last week, should receive these payments in the near future,” the minister said.

In addition, the Prime Minister informed that in order to avoid delays and abuses on the ground, the government provided an additional feedback mechanism: a special section for electronic communications from doctors appeared on the State Services portal, and a single hotline for combating coronavirus I began to accept the appeals of doctors to clarify the procedure and amount of payments laid by him.

“I emphasize, we have strictly demanded that all local executors literally fulfill your order. They clarified the calculation procedure for the regions so that funds are accrued based on the fact of working with patients with coronavirus without any deductions based on hours, shifts, or other indicators, ”Mishustin said.

Recall, April 30, Mishustin announced that he had discovered a coronavirus. He said this during a video conference with Vladimir Putin. Then the prime minister assured that the government will continue to work as usual, and will be in touch with members of the Cabinet.

In connection with Mishustin’s illness, Belousov was assigned the duties of head of government by presidential decree. 

While being treated at the hospital, Mishustin held several meetings in the form of video conferencing. His spokesman, Boris Belyakov, said that Mishustin was in one of the state medical institutions under the supervision of doctors, and that the prime minister felt normal. For treatment, doctors used drugs recommended by the Ministry of Health for patients with coronavirus infection.

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Already on May 7, Mishustin held a planned meeting of the government on economic issues in the form of a video conference. On the eve of Mishustin, while still in the medical facility, he held a meeting of the coordinating council for the fight against coronavirus.

In addition to Mikhail Mishustin, several ministers suffered a coronavirus infection. The Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Vladimir Yakushev and the head of the Ministry of Culture Olga Lyubimova were treated. Yakushev was discharged from the hospital for treatment at home on May 8. Lyubimova was cured on May 14 and worked all the time from illness at home.

Also, the Minister of Education Valery Falkov was ill with the coronavirus. This became known on May 14 - after he had already recovered.

According to the latest headquarters data, 9263 new cases of coronavirus infection per day were detected in Russia. New cases have been reported in 83 regions of the country. Of these, 43.1% did not have clinical manifestations of the disease. Most new infections were found in Moscow (3545), in the Moscow Region (898) and St. Petersburg (453). During the day, 115 deaths were recorded, 5921 people recovered.