“Today, information appeared on the Internet that the Minister of Health of the KBR, Rustam Kalibatov, fell ill with coronavirus, and, unfortunately, this is indeed the case.

Rustam Mikhailovich is at home, suffers an illness of moderate severity and continues to work remotely, "the KBR Ministry of Health said on Instagram.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, 9198 cases of coronavirus were registered, 125 patients with COVID-19 died, 7055 people recovered. 

Earlier it was reported that the governor of the Kemerovo region had symptoms of coronavirus.