FILE In this file photo taken on Monday, March 23, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right shakes hands with the hospital's chief Denis Protsenko during his visit to the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka, outside Moscow, Russia. The chief doctor of Moscow's top hospital for coronavirus patients says he has tested positive for the virus, a statement that comes a week after his encounter with President Vladimir Putin. Putin visited the Kommunarka hospital o…
March 31, 2020
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