“Of course, these days ... especially with regard to the head of state, protection is at the highest level ... health protection,” RIA Novosti quotes Peskov’s answer to the question of whether the president’s health protection has been strengthened due to coronavirus infection infection of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with COVID-19.

On April 30, Mishustin, during a meeting with Putin in a video conference format, announced that he had become infected with COVID-19.

The prime minister will be treated in a medical facility under the supervision of doctors.