An indication of the disinfection tunnel at President Putin's residenceRIA NovostiRussian President Vladimir Putin now has a "disinfection tunnel"
An indication of the disinfection tunnel at President Putin’s residence
RIA Novosti
Russian President Vladimir Putin now has a “disinfection tunnel” put in at certainly one of his official residences to guard him from contracting the coronavirus, Russian information company Ria Novosti reported Tuesday.
The particular tunnel has been put in on the president’s residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, in keeping with the information company, that revealed a video exhibiting how the tunnel works. Anybody getting into the residence has to go by way of the chamber that makes use of a high-quality mist of disinfectant answer that covers clothes and uncovered areas of the physique.
Putin’s suburban residence is situated simply outdoors Moscow and is reportedly most popular by the president as a distant working workplace as a way to keep away from visitors congestion within the capital.
He self-isolated on the residence in April when officers he had shut contact with had been identified with Covid-19, together with the top of the nation’s most important coronavirus hospital, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and shortly afterwards, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov. In April, Peskov stated that anybody assembly the president needed to take a Covid-19 take a look at.
Russia has the third-highest variety of coronavirus instances on this planet, with 544,725 reported instances, in keeping with Johns Hopkins College. It has a low quantity of deaths, nonetheless, with 7,274 deaths registered as a result of virus.
Regardless of the speed of latest day by day instances remaining excessive, lockdown restrictions carried out in March have been lifted shortly in Moscow forward of key political occasions, Moscow’s Victory Day Parade — Russia’s annual present of navy {hardware} — on June 24, and a historic referendum on constitutional modifications on July 1 that might enable President Vladimir Putin to run for additional phrases in workplace.
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised CNBC final week that the lifting of restrictions was applicable given the decline within the fee of latest infections.
Peskov stated the variety of infections was “lowering daily, though fairly slowly,” including that there was not the hazard that Russia’s health-care system might be overwhelmed.
“Now we will ensure that now we have a major variety of beds, a major variety of ventilators, and all of the wanted protecting supplies, so we’re prepared for any developments when it comes to the pandemic,” he stated.