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 settlement, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. During a visit to the Komunarka hospital on Moscow outskirts, Putin praised its doctors for high professionalism, saying they were working "like clockwork." (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 25, 2020
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