“The nature of their work involves multiple contacts, and therefore, of course, despite the fact that all precautions can be taken, the risk of becoming infected is much higher than the average statistic,” said Peskov.
At the end of October, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin told Russian President Vladimir Putin about the deputies who were sick with coronavirus infection COVID-19.
On November 17, it became known that a State Duma deputy, who was in intensive care due to coronavirus infection, was transferred from it.