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The first cases of coronavirus infection was diagnosed in specialists of enterprises of Roskosmos at the cosmodrome Baikonur, has informed the city administration.
In a statement on the administration's website notes that on 5 June from the village of Tyuratam in Central medical unit number 1 of Baikonur, a patient was brought with fever of moderate severity, which was later diagnosed COVID-19.
The Russian upper stage "Fregat", which is stored at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, have identified a leak of toxic fuel, said RIA Novosti the representative of the press service of the Roscosmos.
He stressed that the leadership of NPO Lavochkin, the company "glavkosmos" TsENKI and working on the organization of the departure of the specialists on site to assess the situation and take the necessary measures, their arrival is expected in early June.