In the Federal tourism Agency referring to the tour operators stated that all organized groups of tourists back from China to the Russian Federation. the Ministry stressed that it will continue to monitor the situation on a daily basis, and thanked the tour operators for its " fast and optimal performance in this situation ". 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 - 2019-nCoV. according to the final data, the number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 17 thousand, more than 360 people died. The most difficult situation is in China, But it spread to other countries, including the Russian Federation. The world health organization declared the outbreak 2019-nCoV emergency of international significance. The disease is transmitted by airborne droplets from a distance of one to two meters, and a contact method - through touching dirty hands to the eyes. The main symptoms - dry cough, shortness of breath until respiratory failure, fever, weakness. However, in some cases the disease goes no pneumonia, only accompanied by a rare dry cough and low temperature, but even with mild symptoms, the patient may infect others. <span style="color:darkgray