Governor of the Leningrad region is checked for COVID 19

The Governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko tested for the presence of coronavirus infection after the information about the infected several employees of the regional administration, told RIA Novosti the representative of the press service of the regional government.

"Alexander Drozdenko delivers analysis as the contact person works today remotely", – said the Agency interlocutor.

Earlier, the Governor said in his Instagram account that several members of the administration of the Leningrad region confirmed the disease coronavirus infection.

In the Leningrad region – 496 cases of coronavirus infection, recovered 33.

The who on 11 March declared the outbreak of coronavirus infection by the pandemic. According to recent reports, the world was nearly 2.3 million cases of infection, over 157 thousand people died.

In Russia the total number of cases is more than 52 thousand people, all died of a disease 456 people, recovered 3873.