Putin to speak on Russia’s coronavirus situation later on Tuesday

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin would give a speech about the coronavirus situation in the country later on Tuesday.

“President Putin has a big speech planned, but I am not going to announce anything, let’s wait until the meeting,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

(Reporting by Alexander Marrow and Andrey Kuzmin; Editing by Catherine Evans)