Russia’s presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov contracted coronavirus

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – DECEMBER 25, 2019: Russia's Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov after a Night Hockey League friendly match at the GUM ice rink in Red Square. Valery Sharifulin/TASS. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.

MOSCOW, May 12, 2020, Pan Pacific Agency. Russian President spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was hospitalized with coronavirus. “Yes, I got sick. I’m being treated,” a Kremlin spokesman told reporters.

He has been hospitalized for fever with his wife. According to Mr. Peskov, he last spoke personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin more than a month ago.

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