Putin Says ‘tens’ of Covid-19 cases in Kremlin entourage

An outbreak of Covid-19 primarily among staffers has sickened dozens of people working close to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president said Thursday, highlighting the scale of the spread in one of the country’s most carefully guarded areas. “It’s not one or two people but tens of people,” Putin told a televised video link with other leaders in the Collective Security Treaty Organization. “I will have to observe self-isolation for several days.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said later Putin will remain in self-isolation for “at least a week” and is likely to use online voting to participate in this weekend’s parliamentary elections.