Putin installs disinfection tunnel for visitors to protect Russian leader from coronavirus
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has a high-tech way of making sure guests don't bring coronavirus into his official residence: a tunnel that sprays them down with a fine mist of disinfectant.
The device appears to have facial recognition and temperature scan capabilities as well, according to Russian state media. It's installed in the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence where Putin has been running the country remotely as Russia battles a rising coronavirus case count, according to Business Insider.
Many people close to the president have contracted the virus, but so far the 67-year-old appears to have steered clear of infection.
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Putin's team reached out to the Mizotty plant that makes the disinfection tunnels and gave them a short installation deadline, company representative Olga Izranova said in a press release from the government of Penza, where the tunnels are manufactured.
MIZOTTY began making the disinfection tunnels in May, according to the press release.
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Last week, Putin made his first public appearance in more than two months when he attended a medal ceremony — without a mask.
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Russia has the third-most coronavirus cases in the world at more than 550,000 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.