Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, a key aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is ill with pneumonia after contracting the coronavirus.
Dmitry Peskov, a key aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin’s official spokesman, says that he has been diagnosed with double pneumonia caused by the coronavirus and that he hasn’t met in person with Putin for a month.
Peskov is the fourth senior Russian official to test positive for the coronavirus. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced April 30 that he was infected. Construction Minister Vladimir Yakushev and Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova subsequently tested positive as well.in total confirmed infections. The country has reported 2,212 virus-related deaths, though critics say the real number is probably far higher.
Peskov, 52, first revealed Tuesday that he had been hospitalized with COVID-19 but didn’t give details about his condition. His wife, Olympic ice dancing champion Tatyana Navka, also was infected and said she felt OK.In an interview with Russian business newspaper Kommersant on Wednesday, Peskov said that after he tested positive for the virus, his onlyinitially was a small fever. He told the paper he remained at home for several days until a CT scan showed infections in both of his lungs.
He said his initial absence of symptoms beyond the fever gave him a false feeling of security, but then his condition worsened and he went to a hospital.
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