For the first time in Russia, two cases of coronavirus
have been identified. This was told by the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, the
head of the operational headquarters Tatyana Golikova.
According to the politician, two patients with
coronavirus were identified in Transbaikalia and the Tyumen region, both are
Chinese citizens, Interfax reports.
The head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that
there is no risk of the spread of coronavirus in Russia, since the patients are
isolated and their contacts checked.
Vice Prime Minister said that the Russian government
is looking forward to working with China to develop a vaccine against
coronavirus.
In addition, the FAS and Roszdravnadzor were
instructed to prevent pharmacy chains from raising prices due to infection.
The
politician said that the virus can be especially dangerous for the elderly,
therefore, at the first symptoms you need to see a doctor.
Tatyana Golikova said that Russia is beginning to
evacuate Russian citizens from Chinese Wuhan (there are 300 people), as well as
the adjacent Hubei province (341 people).
Vice Prime Minister noted that people will have the
opportunity to choose whether to stay in China or return. If citizens decide to
leave China, they will spend two weeks in quarantine at home.
In addition, according to the politician, Russia
restricts citizens from crossing the border with Mongolia. Also, from February
1, flights with China are suspended, except for Aeroflot flights to Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
Golikova also said that the Russian government is
preparing a project to temporarily suspend the issuance of work visas to Russia
for Chinese citizens, TASS reports. As for the mail and freight from China,
they are not planned to stop.
The first two cases of coronavirus infection in the UK
also became known. A report was circulated by the United Kingdom's chief health
officer, Chris Whitty. The citizens of which country they are, is not
explained.
In addition, information appeared about the first case
of infection in Thailand.
Earlier it was reported that in Russia there was not a
single case of infection with the infection.
For the first time, the world learned about
coronavirus in December 2019. The first outbreak was recorded in the Chinese
city of Wuhan. Currently, there are more than nine thousand patients with
coronavirus. Fatal outcome recorded in 213 cases.
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