Viral Swing: Russian president's spokesman hospitalized with coronavirus

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Russian president's spokesman hospitalized with coronavirus

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has been hospitalized with the coronavirus, the latest in a series of setbacks for President Vladimir Putin as Russia struggles to contain the growing outbreak. Also infected was Peskov's wife, Olympic ice dancing champion Tatyana Navka. The Tass news agency quoted Peskov saying he last saw Putin in person “more than a month ago.”