Russia probes top medical specialist who worked while infected

MOSCOW: Russian investigators opened a criminal case on Monday against a top infections specialist who tested positive for the coronavirus after visiting Spain but neglected to self-isolate. The negligence probe was launched after an infectious disease professor and top health care consultant in the southern Stavropol region became patient zero for the coronavirus there, exposing hundreds to the virus. The woman “went on holiday to Spain, where she was from March 6 to 9, without telling her superiors” and did not self-isolate after her return, the Investigative Committee, Russia´s federal criminal investigation unit, said in a statement.