Russian President’s Spokesman Hospitalized With CCP Virus

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov arrives to attend the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Rosa Khutor, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 7, 2020. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo

MOSCOW—Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has been hospitalized with the CCP virus, the latest in a series of setbacks for President Vladimir Putin as Russia struggles to contain the growing outbreak.

“Yes, I’ve gotten sick. I’m being treated,” Peskov, a key Putin aide, told the Interfax news agency on May 12.