Russian Hospital Chief Who Met Putin Last Week Has Coronavirus
- Dr. Protsenko met Putin at Moscow hospital on March 24
- Putin is regularly tested and is fine, Kremlin spokesman says
Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Denis Protsenko on his visit to the Novomoskovsky medical center, in Moscow, on March 24.
Photographer: Alexei Druzhinin/TASS via Getty Images
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Denis Protsenko, the doctor who last week gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a tour of Moscow’s main hospital devoted to coronavirus patients, said he has been diagnosed with the illness but is feeling good.