The Kremlin today issued a statement asking reporters to stay away from President Putin at events if they feel unwell.

"I would like to mention all the members of the Kremlin press group and all the journalists, reporters, who cover the president's activities here. Please be really careful if you have any suspicious behavior. infected with nCoV. As long as you feel unwell, please do not come and do not participate in the journalism work in the Kremlin ", spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The decision was made a day after the Russian House of Representatives announced it had disinfected the meeting room because a member of parliament who disobeyed the quarantine order was still attending meetings, including a place where President Vladimir Putin came to deliver. expression.

Peskov said that the Russian President is receiving the highest level of medical care and that he is still working at his full capacity as usual. However, a Kremlin spokesman declined to disclose whether Putin had tested for nCoV.

"Details about the president's health are not publicly available," Peskov said.

Asked about a congressman who did not comply with the order of isolation, still attending the parliamentary assembly where Putin delivered a speech, Peskov said he believed the President did not face any risks. "The president does not have any connection with this congressman," he said.

Russia currently records more than 30 cases of nCoV infection, of which three have recovered. Russia has advised citizens not to travel to Italy, South Korea and Iran to prevent the disease from spreading.

Covid-19 has appeared in 130 countries and territories, with more than 135,000 people infected, nearly 5,000 dead and more than 70,000 recovering.