Russia’s largest gold producer Polyus on Tuesday confirmed its output forecasts for this year and next following a major outbreak of coronavirus at its main Olimpiada mine in Siberia, which infected nearly a quarter of workers at the site.
Polyus started testing all its staff in the Siberian Krasnoyarsk region, where the mine is located, in April, and found 1 400 positive cases among its 6 000 employees and contractors.
The Russian army helped it to set up a mobile hospital to fight the outbreak in May.