The Russian president has tested negative, though, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says
Russian president Vladimir Putin. Picture: KREMLIN VIA REUTERS/SPUTNIK/ALEXEI DRUZHININ
The 68-year-old leader is “absolutely healthy” and has tested negative for Covid-19, Peskov told a regular conference call. Putin will avoid in-person meetings for “some time”, he said. Plans to fly to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, this week to attend regional summit meetings were cancelled and Putin will participate via video conference, he said.
On Monday, he conducted a full public schedule of in-person events, starting with a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and including celebrations with Paralympic athletes and a trip to a military training ground for manoeuvres. TV footage of the events showed no evidence of social distancing and very few participants wearing masks.
“We need to figure out what is really happening with this Covid-19,” Putin told Paralympians as he signed their medals. “I probably will have to quarantine myself soon. We have a lot of people who are sick.”
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