Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Thursday he must spend “a few days” in self-isolation after dozens of individuals in his entourage fell sick with COVID-19, the TASS information company reported.
Putin was talking through a video hyperlink at a summit of a Russia-led safety bloc being held in Tajikistan which he had initially deliberate to attend in individual.
It was beforehand unclear how large the outbreak was and the way lengthy Putin would stay remoted.
“This is not just one person or two people, there are dozens of people,” he mentioned. “And now I have to remain in self-isolation for a few days.”
Putin, 68, has had two pictures of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. He mentioned this week he was now personally testing its effectivity.
The Kremlin mentioned Putin was wholesome. His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, mentioned on Thursday the president’s self-isolation may final at the very least every week and added that he was unaware of anybody being gravely sick within the Kremlin.
He mentioned Putin was but to determine whether or not he would attend a summit of the Group of 20 main economies on the finish of subsequent month in Rome.The Kremlin had imposed rigorous measures designed to maintain Putin away from anybody with COVID-19.
Kremlin guests have needed to move via particular disinfection tunnels, journalists attending his occasions should endure a number of PCR checks, and a few individuals he meets are requested to quarantine beforehand and be examined for COVID-19.