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Russian Patriarch Kirill has contracted the coronavirus, which is why all his planned engagements have been cancelled, the Moscow Patriarchate announced, as quoted by TASS.

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"In the coming days, all planned meetings and trips of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill are canceled due to his illness with coronavirus, which is progressing with pronounced symptoms," said the press service of the Russian patriarch, adding that his condition is satisfactory.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church is 75 years old, TASS notes.

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