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MARCH 31, 2020 / 3:17 PM / UPDATED 34 MINUTES AGO
Russian doctor who met Putin last week diagnosed with coronavirus: State TV
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A doctor who gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a tour of Moscow’s main coronavirus hospital last week has himself been diagnosed with the virus, the Rossiya 24 state TV channel reported on Tuesday.
Putin visited the Kommunarka hospital last Tuesday where he chatted to the doctor, Denis Protsenko. Neither of them were wearing protective equipment during their conversation, TV footage from the visit showed.