Russian deputy PM tests positive for COVID-19


MOSCOW, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev has tested positive for COVID-19, TASS news agency reported on Wednesday, citing his assistant.

Trutnev's trip to the Far East as part of the visit of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been postponed so far, according to the assistant.

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