The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, must remain isolated from the report of several cases of coronavirus in his environment, despite the fact that he tested negative and that he is “in perfect health”, according to official sources. Following identified cases of coronavirus in his environment, Vladimir Putin must respect a regime of self-isolation for a certain period of time,” the Presidency said in a statement. In addition, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that the president “is in perfect health” and that he will continue to work remotely.
“Actually, the lockdown does not directly affect the work of the president, there will simply be no personal meetings for a while, but this does not affect the intensity, the president will continue with his activities in videoconference mode,” explained Peskov.La Russian Federation reported a total of 17,837 new cases and 781 deaths associated with this disease on the last day. In the last 24 hours in Russia, 17,837 cases of infection with the new coronavirus were confirmed in the 85 regions, including 1,148 asymptomatic (6.5%),” the statement said. This marks that the accumulated number, 7,176,085 infections, represents an increase of 0.25% compared to the previous day. Most of the new positives were detected in the capital (1,609), st. Petersburg (839) and Moscow province (796).
With the death of 781 patients in the last day, the total number of deaths from Covid-19 in Russia rose to 194,249.According to the operational center, 15,907 people received medical discharge in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of recovered patients to 6,418,033.For its part, the national consumer protection office, Rospotrebnadzor, reported that in Russia more than 184.3 million coronavirus tests have been carried out to date, including 278,000 during the past day. A total of 1,128,806 people remain under observation as suspected of being infected, the agency added.
