The head of Moscow’s coronavirus hospital has tested positive for Covid-19, sparking questions about the tour he personally gave to Vladimir Putin last week. The Kremlin assured everyone there was nothing to worry about.
“He takes regular tests,” Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said about the President on Tuesday after Protsenko's diagnosis was revealed. “Everything is fine.” Doctor Denis Protsenko, who heads the hospital where Putin last week donned a biohazard suit to talk to coronavirus patients, has caught the disease himself.
Protsenko, writing on Facebook confirms the news, “Yes, I have tested positive for coronavirus, but I feel pretty good. I've isolated myself in my office. I think the immunity I've developed this month is doing its job.”The Kremlin said that Putin was being regularly tested for coronavirus and that “everything is okay,” as per a news source.
"It previously said that Putin is being protected from viruses and other illnesses “around the clock”.
Putin donned a hazmat suit and a respirator during his visit to the hospital last week when dropping in on patients. But he did not have his protective gear on during a meeting with Protsenko, with whom he was photographed shaking hands.
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