FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2021, record photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures arsenic helium delivers his code during a plenary league astatine the Eastern Economic Forum successful Vladivostok, Russia. The embattled absorption groups admit the Kremlin has near them fewer options and resources up of the Sept. 19 predetermination that is wide seen arsenic a cardinal to Putins effort to cement his clasp connected power. But they inactive anticipation to erode the dominance of the ruling United Russia enactment successful the State Duma, oregon parliament. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2021, record photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures arsenic helium delivers his code during a plenary league astatine the Eastern Economic Forum successful Vladivostok, Russia. The embattled absorption groups admit the Kremlin has near them fewer options and resources up of the Sept. 19 predetermination that is wide seen arsenic a cardinal to Putins effort to cement his clasp connected power. But they inactive anticipation to erode the dominance of the ruling United Russia enactment successful the State Duma, oregon parliament. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin is going into self-isolation due to the fact that of coronavirus cases successful his interior circle, the Kremlin said Tuesday, adding that helium tested antagonistic for COVID-19.

The announcement came successful the Kremlin’s readout of Putin’s telephone telephone with Tajikistan's president. Putin has been afloat vaccinated with the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, receiving his 2nd changeable successful April.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin is “absolutely healthy,” but volition self-isolate aft coming successful interaction with idiosyncratic who contracted the virus. He didn’t clarify for however agelong Putin would stay successful self-isolation, but assured that the president volition proceed moving arsenic usual.

Asked if Putin tested antagonistic for the virus, Peskov said “definitely, yes.”

Peskov didn’t accidental who among Putin’s contacts were infected, saying lone that determination were respective cases.

On Monday, the Russian president attended respective nationalist events. He greeted Russian Paralympians, attended subject exercises conducted successful coordination with Belarus, and met with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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During the gathering with the Paralympians, Putin mentioned that helium “may person to quarantine soon.”

“Even successful my ellipse problems hap with this COVID,” the Russian person was quoted by the authorities RIA Novosti quality bureau arsenic saying. “We request to look into what's truly happening there. I deliberation I whitethorn person to quarantine soon myself. A batch of radical astir (me) are sick."

Asked wherefore Putin proceeded with nationalist events connected Monday, adjacent though helium already knew that determination were coronavirus cases astir him, Peskov said that the determination to self-isolate was made aft “doctors completed their testing, their procedures.”

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