President Putin’s spokesman for Covid-19 pneumonia

Daily interview Kommersant On 5/13, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he had double pneumonia due to Covid-19. A day earlier, Peskov confirmed that he was positive for the novel coronavirus that caused Covid-19 pneumonia and was hospitalized for treatment.

“People can treat at home if they only have pneumonia. But if you have double pneumonia, you have no choice but to be hospitalized, ”Peskov said, but declined to comment further on the treatment regimen because” the doctors knew what to do. “

Peskov added that all government employees are screened for Covid-19 almost daily. “So I feel like the situation is still under control. But unfortunately, a colleague I had come into contact with became infected, so I had to be quarantined after May 1, ”said Mr. Peskov, saying that the test results during the self-isolation showed that he was positive. with new corona virus.

Peskov said he had a fever and that his wife also started having some symptoms. “When we noticed symptoms of fever and body aches, we went to the hospital,” he said.

The Kremlin spokesman also admitted that he initially carried a card that the manufacturer said could prevent the virus. “However, when reporters said the card was not working, I was no longer using it,” Peskov said.

Peskov is one of the top government officials with Covid-19. Previously, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced in late April that he had been diagnosed with a new strain of the coronavirus and was being treated. In addition, the Minister of Culture, Olga Lyubimova, the Russian Minister of Construction and Housing, Vladimir Yakushev, and his deputy were also infected with Covid-19.

As of 5/14 today, Russia has recorded more than 252,000 cases of Covid-19, of which more than 2,300 people died. Russia is currently one of the three countries with the most Covid-19 in the world, but the death rate in Russia remains at a much lower level than the United States or some European countries.

Minh Phương
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