Eight Russian citizens who were on the cruise liner Diamond Princess, where was a large outbreak of a novel coronavirus COVID-19, returned home, they will be quarantined in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, according to the report of the Secretariat of Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova.
on the first day weekend in Accordance With the decision of the operational headquarters for the prevention of introduction and spread of novel coronavirus infection in the Russian Federation in Japan have taken Russian citizens who were on the liner. Have 3 of them in this period have identified a new coronavirus.
The evacuation conducted by the aviation Ministry, with the assistance of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Embassy in Japan and with the assistance of experts of Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian doctors who have ensured compliance with anti-epidemic regime and monitoring the health of the citizens of Russia.
Evacuated citizens of Russia will be for 14 days to be quarantined under medical observation in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Golikova also said that returning to the Russian Federation compatriots feel good, and those who have the results of the analysis revealed the infection, the disease is mild, without symptoms and complications. Their health and the health of members of Their families are safe. In addition, during the quarantine will diagnose you with the new coronavirus.
The ship Diamond Princess out of Yokohama on 20 January and returned to port on 3 February. Japanese authorities put the ship on a two-week quarantine due to the fact that on Board was a citizen of China who came to Hong Kong and got sick. The cabin was 3711 people, including 2666 guests and 1045 members of the team. On the Japanese Islands by Thursday evening coronavirus identified in 728 people. Thursday, it was announced on the first 2 victims infected with the virus on the ship.
currently on the ship are not more than 2 thousand people.
at the end of December, Chinese Authorities announced an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown causes in Wuhan, Hubei province. The causative agent was a new type of coronavirus, eleven Feb world health organization gave it the name Covid-19.
the number of infected in China has exceeded 76 thousand people died 2345, recovered more than 20, 6 thousands of patients.
To combat the spread of the virus, the Russian government had closed the border With China in the far East, limited crossing of the border With Mongolia, has canceled work visas For citizens of China, from Hubei province were taken there are citizens of Russia.
Flights to China were suspended, Except for flights of "Aeroflot" in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. From 3 February the Railways stopped train and letter With China.
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