One of Putin's closest aides, spokesman Dmitry Peskov, has been hospitalized for the coronavirus
Peskov, a key aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin, told the Interfax news agency on Tuesday, “Yes, I’ve gotten sick. I’m being treated.”Russians who have the virus but light or no symptoms of illness are allowed to stay home, and it wasn’t immediately clear if Peskov's hospitalization reflects the gravity of his condition or was an extra precaution.
Since early in the outbreak, the Russian president minimized meetings and switched to holding daily video calls with Cabinet members and aides. Russia has reported more than 232,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 2,100 virus-related deaths, as of Tuesday. Hours before Putin made televised remarks Monday about ending the country's partial economic lockdown, health officials reported a daily record of over 11,600 new cases.
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