“The alleged source of infection was identified last week, and part of the Ministry’s employees immediately went to quarantine. After several days of isolation, the new coronavirus infection was confirmed by the head of the department, Malina and three employees of the Ministry of Health of the region, ”Interfax quotes the representative of the department.
He explained that employees are at risk for COVID-19 disease due to active contacts with health workers during working trips to hospitals in the region.
Currently, the sick are under the supervision of doctors and receive the necessary treatment, the circle of their contact persons sent for isolation.
The Ministry of Health continues to work as usual.
Earlier, coronavirus was diagnosed with the head of the Ministry of Health of Udmurtia George Shcherbak.
The doctor of medical sciences, virologist Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with NSN, estimated the likelihood of a second wave of COVID-19 in Russia.