“Prime Minister Ion Chicu developed symptoms characteristic of the COVID-19 virus, he passed the test and the result was positive.

The prime minister will continue to perform his official duties remotely, ”the press service of the Moldovan government said on Facebook.

The Moldovan authorities reported 119,204 registered cases of coronavirus, 2,460 people died.

In Moldova, from November 30 to January 15, there is a state of emergency in the field of public health.

Earlier, the deputy of the State Duma of the III-V convocations, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honored Scientist of Russia Sergei Kolesnikov, in an interview with FAN, recalled the peculiarities of the coronavirus.