Putin shaking hands with Protsenko during his visit to the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka, outside Moscow, Russia on March 24. Putin will hold a government meeting later on April 1 by video conference, the Kremlin said, a day after a doctor who met him last week said he had been diagnosed with the highly infectious virus. — AP
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin is taking precautions to protect himself against coronavirus, the Kremlin said on April 1, as Moscow authorities launched a smartphone app designed to track people who have been ordered to stay home because of the virus.
Putin will hold a government meeting later on Wednesday by video conference, the Kremlin said, a day after a doctor who met him last week said he had been diagnosed with the highly infectious virus.
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