Russian President Putin In Isolation After COVID Scare

September 14, 2021

Moscow, Aug. 5, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 5, 2019. Russia will start the full-scale development of missiles banned by the collapsed Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty if the United States begins to do so, President Vladimir Putin said Monday. (Sputnik/Handout via Xinhua/IANS)

The Kremlin announced Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is going into self-isolation due to coronavirus outbreaks in his inner entourage.

Putin made the statement during a phone chat with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, according to the Kremlin.

Putin has gotten two doses of the Russian coronavirus vaccination Sputnik V, which he received in April.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a number of public engagements. He visited with Russian Paralympians, took part in military drills with Belarus, and met with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

When asked if Putin had tested negative for the virus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied, “Of course, Putin has tested negative for the virus.”