Putin was speaking via a video link at a summit of a Russian-led security bloc being held in Tajikistan which he had initially planned to attend in person.

It was previously unclear how big the outbreak was and how long Putin would remain isolated.

“The is not just one person or two people, there are dozens of people,” he said. “And now I have to remain in self-isolation for a few days.”

Putin, 68, has had two shots of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. He said this week he was now personally testing its efficiency.

The Kremlin said Putin was healthy. His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said on Thursday the president’s self-isolation could at least a week and added that he was unaware of anyone being gravely ill in the Kremlin.

He said Putin was yet to decide whether he would attend a summit of the group of 20 major economies at the end of next month in Rome. The Kremlin had imposed rigorous measures designed to keep Putin away from anyone with COVID-19.

Pakistan has been seeking an active hand in the situation which developed in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s Lightning-fast offensive won the militants control of the state machinery in the war-torn land. Amid widespread criticism for its ‘proxy war’ in Afghanistan, the Pakistan intelligence chief’s meeting with his counterparts in other countries now assumes special significance in light of the debilitating political and economic scenario in Kabul.

According to Pakistan news channel SAMAA TV, the participants of the rare meeting agreed that Afghanistan “should not be left alone” to deal with its problem. The development takes an interesting perspective for Afghanistan experts and political observers, many of who believe that it was, in fact, Islamabad which was behind the Taliban’s aggressive advance against the erstwhile Ashraf Ghani government’s forces in August. They also say Islamabad has been assisting the Taliban on all possible fronts, hoping to cut a piece of the pie in the new regime.

According to news reports, Ajay Devgn and his team are expected to stay at Moscow for a week or more and finalize their locations, prepare for the new film and then head to their destination Russia for for an eight days shoot.

Ajay Devgn, Rakul Preet Singh and Boman Irani will reportedly shoot for several crucial airport scenes which can get difficult with people frequently coming in and going out of the airport, admist the covid hassel airport and railway platform shoots are the toughest yet the team is expected to try their best to work for the film and help the makers bring it out well keeping the safety of everyone in mind.

With Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgn as the protaganists of the film, many parts of it are already shot in Mumbai and Hyderabad. After filming ‘Major Sahab’, ‘Khakee’ and ‘Satyagraha’ together, Bachchan and Devgn are reunited in this film are seven years for the screen.

In the film, Ajay and Rakul essaying the role of pilots. Mayday is an aviation thriller, scheduled to hit the screens on April 29, 2022.