Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday – CBC
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Sep 16, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he would have to spend “a few days” in self-isolation after dozens of people in his entourage fell ill with COVID-19, the TASS news agency reported.
Putin was speaking via a video link at a summit of a Russia-led security bloc being held in Tajikistan that he had initially planned to attend in person.
It was previously unclear how big the outbreak was and how long Putin would remain isolated.
“This is not just one person or two people, there are dozens of people,” he said. “And now I have to remain in self-isolation for a few days.”
Putin, 68, has had two shots of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. He said this week he was now personally testing its efficiency.
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