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Published 11:56 IST, March 28th 2020

Internet still can't come to terms with Russian President Putin's anti-Coronavirus suit

After Russia's Putin wore a yellow Hazmat suit during his visit to an infectious diseases hospital in Kommunarka, his picture has taken the internet by storm.

Reported by: Manjiri Chitre
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After Russian President Vladimir Putin wore a yellow Hazmat suit during his visit to an infectious diseases hospital in Kommunarka, his video has taken the internet by storm. In the video, the President was being helped into the hazmat suit before carrying out the inspection.

After visiting the hospital, he addressed the people and stated that "Please, don't think 'I won't be affected.' Anyone can be affected, and what's going on now in many countries in Western Europe and across the ocean could be our near future." Currently, there are a total of 1036 Coronavirus cases reported in Russia, while four people have been reported dead. 

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Netizens react

With several images of the same going viral on social media, Netizens reacted to it and created funny memes and captions out of it. 

 

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Coronavirus crisis

Presently, there are around 594,377 confirmed cases of COVID-19 which has led to the death of around 27,250 people. Meanwhile, around 133,006 have reportedly been recovered. Currently, as per reports, the hardest-hit region is the United States of America, followed by China, and then Italy, Iran and South Korea, where the number of cases is rising by the hour.

Read: "Coronavirus vaccine still 12 to 18 months away," says WHO as Covid-19 global count soars

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11:56 IST, March 28th 2020