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The 68-year-old Russian president was unable to finish the sentence by talking to senior officials about the “serious financial problems” caused by COVID-19.
The video was later edited, and in the version released by Putin’s office, the head of the country’s cough appears less serious, the Daily Mail reports.
The state news agency TASS asked the Kremlin about Putin’s health and received a reply that he was “completely healthy.”
“The president apologized and continued the meeting almost without interruption,” the agency said.
When the coughing outbreak began, Putin made a video call to the country’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and other high-ranking officials. He said “I’m sorry” and put his right hand to his mouth several times, trying to speak more.
An edited video was later posted on the Kremlin’s website to prevent the coughing fit from appearing so severe. The episode in which Putin says “I’m sorry” has also been removed.
Representatives of Radio Majak, the station of the original video, said: “When Putin asked the government to fight COVID-19, his voice was blocked.”
Unlike other leaders like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump, Putin is believed to have prevented COVID-19 so far.
Earlier this month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected claims that Putin could resign in January 2021 following rumors of Parkinson’s disease.
“It is complete nonsense,” Peskov said. “The president is fine.”
Although Russia has two vaccines against the coronavirus (one of which was administered to the president’s 34-year-old daughter, Catherine), as far as is known, Putin has not been vaccinated.
Following an incident in April in which the president had contact with coronavirus doctors at a Moscow clinic, he has spent most of his time in isolation in recent months.
His residence even has a special disinfection tunnel to protect against COVID-19.
Anyone visiting the Russian president’s official residence near Moscow, where he receives visitors, must cross the tunnel, writes the state-controlled RIA Novosti.
According to the news agency, people are sprayed with a disinfectant liquid spray in the tunnel, which covers clothing and the open body. As early as April, a spokesman for the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, said that anyone wishing to meet with the Russian president should be tested for the virus.
Two days after pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer announced a successful coronavirus vaccine, Russia provided data on its Sputnik V vaccine, Reuters reported.
It is said to protect Covid-19 from 92 percent. This was recently stated by the Russian state fund RDIF, based on the provisional results of the study. “We have a very effective vaccine,” said Kirill Dmitriev, director of the fund.
Russia was the first in the world to register its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in August and received criticism from experts for being tested in humans for less than two months.
BioNTech and Pfizer announced Monday that their vaccine is more than 90 percent effective. This message caused euphoria in the world.
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