"This is a concern for their health." The Kremlin explained the sending of veterans for quarantine in front of the parade

Veterans, who were invited to the Victory Parade on Red Square, were quarantined, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters, RBC reports .

“Indeed, a number of veterans are on quarantine, these are sanatoriums and rest houses, they are there in excellent conditions. This is directed at, let’s say, this is concern for their health. They will be there together, will communicate with each other. This is also an opportunity to receive medical care, ”Peskov said.

When asked about whether they would put the foreign guests of the parade on quarantine, Peskov said that Russian doctors are “in contact” with specialists from those countries whose representatives will arrive in Moscow on June 24. “They work out the necessary measures so that this does not interfere with the implementation of the visit,” Peskov added.

On June 17, Bloomberg reported that about 80 Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, who, together with Vladimir Putin, would observe the Victory Parade, placed on two -week quarantine.

According to the agency, veterans are in isolation in the sanatorium near Moscow. On June 24, during a parade on Red Square, they will sit on the same rostrum with the president. According to Bloomberg, the decision on quarantine shows the seriousness of the measures taken to protect Vladimir Putin from coronavirus.