Putin has 'disinfection tunnel' to safeguard him from coronavirus
18 June, 2020
Visitors getting together with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his country residence have to first go through a walk-through product that sprays them with disinfectant, to protect him from the coronavirus, officials said.
Putin has been self-isolating in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outdoors Moscow under lockdown although he made a good public appearance without a mask at a patio celebration on the June 12 Russia Day holiday.
Within precautions to safeguard the president, visitors walk through the device and get sprayed from above and the medial side, a video posted Tuesday evening on Twitter by Kremlin pool journalists from RIA Novosti state news agency showed.
The authorities in Penza location east of Moscow where in fact the machine was made boasted that it "ensured the safeness of the top of government and all those who visit him."
The Penza regional government said the president's staff got in touch with the manufacturing company, which before virus outbreak specialised in computerized cleaning equipment for professional use.
These devices includes facial recognition technology and will take people's temperatures, in line with the manufacturers.
The Kremlin has imposed a range of measures to safeguard Putin including regular virus testing of the leader and those who come into contact with him.
Visitors have to take a virus test before meeting Putin, his spokesman said.
The president began holding video conference calls with officials in April, although there were a few exceptions. For example he was displayed meeting personally with the principle of oil giant Rosneft, Igor Sechin, on, may 12.
Despite these methods, some in Putin's circle have caught the virus, including his spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who said, however, that he had not met the president recently enough to have infected him.
Within an apparent close brush with the virus in March, Putin was displayed on tv set shaking hands with the principle doctor at a Moscow virus hospital while neither was wearing a mask. The doctor, Denis Protsenko, soon later on tested positive.
The elaborate precautions protecting Putin sparked anger from some as the Kremlin has ruled it is safe to carry a national vote on July 1 on constitutional changes that could allow him to serve another consecutive Kremlin term.
"Let them install this know-how at every polling station and hold a good vote," wrote a good commentator, Aleks, on the website of Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid.
Source: japantoday.com
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