Dear CCI Readers,
It will be interesting to see how President Putin’s exposure to COVID-19 turns out. If he is positive, he should do well by current metrics even though he is over 60 years. He eats healthily, exercises and swims daily, maintains low weight and uses alcohol only for toasts. The most at risk patients are older persons who are smokers, alcohol users, those with heart and kidney disease and obese persons.
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives
Putin Self-Isolates After Shaking Hands With Infected Doctor At Moscow Hospital
By Tyler Durden
April 1, 2020
On Tuesday it was revealed that Denis Protsenko, the head doctor at the infectious diseases hospital treating coronavirus patients in Moscow, tested positive for COVID-19.
Just a week ago Dr. Protsenko was photographed shaking hands with President Vladimir Putin, during the Russian leader’s visit to the hospital, where he donned a full protective Hazmat suit to visit patients. But during most of his interaction with Protenko, Putin wasn’t wearing the protective gear.
Putin’s office now reports he’ll conduct his duties remotely, in self-isolation after the exposure. “The president prefers these days to work remotely,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the press just before Putin was due to hold a cabinet meeting by videoconference Wednesday.