“I would like to inform you that I myself have come across a coronavirus, I have a positive result,” Khasikov said.

According to him, he suffers the disease in a mild form.

The head of Kalmykia also said that he continues to work remotely.

Earlier it was reported that the governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Dmitry Artyukhov fell ill with COVID-19.