Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife infected coronavirus

Syrian President Bashar al -Assad and his wife Asma were infected with a coronavirus infection, the head of state said in the office. Covid-19 tests gave a positive result.

“The president and his wife, having felt mild symptoms similar to the symptoms of infection Covid-19, passed the PCR tests. The results showed that they are infected, ”they informed in the country's leadership.

Now the spouses are on the quarantine of the house. Their condition is evaluated as stable. It is assumed that in isolation they will be two to three weeks.

According to the World Health Organization, 15,981 cases of infection with coronavirus recorded from last March from January to the present in Syria. 1,063 people died.

Syria is one of the states where the Russian Sputnik V Russian vaccine is allowed and registered .