A Russian citizen contracted COVID-19 in Turkey and he was hospitalized with serious complications. The Russian tourist died in hospital.
“We confirm the death of a tourist from Russia,” the country's Consulate General in Turkey said in a statement.
The Russian tourist during a vacation in the south of Turkey was infected with coronavirus and ended up in intensive care. Diplomats were working on the issue of evacuation of the infected, to provide him with medical care.
A new omicron strain of the coronavirus was previously found in Germany and the Czech Republic. A variant of the virus appeared in South Africa and was then found in Botswana.
What strain the deceased tourist from Russia was sick with is not said.