Russian President Putin Self-Isolates Due To A COVID-19 Outbreak Among His Staff

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The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is going into self-isolation because of coronavirus cases among his inner circle.

Alexei Druzhinin/AP

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Earlier this week, Putin let slip that some of his staff had been infected with COVID-19 in a hot-mic moment caught by Kremlin pool cameras. Putin was in the middle of signing autographs for Russian Paralympians who had returned from the Tokyo Games.

The Kremlin’s spokesman later insisted that Putin was speaking generally about concerns over the virus.

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