Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will be insulated himself because the Coronavirus case in its inner circle, Kremlin said Tuesday, added that he was tested negatively for Covid-19.
The announcement came in the reading of Putin Kremlin’s telephone call with President Tajikistan.
Putin was fully vaccinated with Russian Coronavirus Vacine Sputnik V, received his second shot in April.
Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin “was really healthy,” but it would isolate himself after touching someone who contracted a virus.
He did not clarify for how long Putin would remain in self-isolation, but assured that the President would continue to work as usual.
Asked whether Putin was tested negatively for the virus, said Peskov “Definitely, yes.” PESKOV does not say who is between the infected Putin contacts, only says that there are several cases.
On Monday, Russian President attended several public events.
He greeted Russian Paralympians, attending military training carried out coordinating with Belarus, and met with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
During the meeting with Paralympians, Putin said that he “might have to be quarantined immediately.” “Even in the problem of my circle occurred with this Covid,” Russian leader was quoted by the Ria Novosti state news agency.
“We need to see what really happened there.
I think I might have to quickly quarantine.
Many people around (I) are sick.” Asked why Putin continued with public events on Monday, even though he already knew that there was a case of the surrounding Coronavirus, Peskov said that the decision for isolates himself was made after “doctors resolved their testing, their procedure.”
Putin to isolate himself because the Covid case between the inner circle
