Employers pay for sick leave due to quarantine as well as disease, told in the press service of the Ministry of labor. So the Ministry said the proposal of state Duma Deputy Andrei Vetluzhskih to increase payments for hospital for those who are sent to quarantine due to the coronavirus. "currently, if an employee goes on sick leave, he receives equal pay regardless of the disease or it was due to quarantine," - said in the Ministry of labor. the Ministry reminded that the Russian authorities take All measures for preventing the spread of coronavirus and the cases of absence from work due to quarantine remain single. "for this reason, at the moment there is no reason to change the basic framework of the social insurance system. All the powers of government are intended to protect people from the disease, " added the Ministry. on the eve of New year, the Chinese authorities notified the world health organization about the outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in Wuhan. The experts found the causative agent is a coronavirus, a New type 2019-nCoV. The who declared the outbreak an emergency situation of international significance and has given the disease the name official - Covid-19. according to the final data, the number of infected in China exceeded 80, 5 thousand people died 3042, recovered more than 53, seven thousand. Outside of China, cases of infection were recorded in seven dozens of countries, died, 267 people. in Russia there were 7 cases: two people in China, which has already been discharged, three Russian citizens were evacuated from the liner, Diamond Princess, and another returned from Italy and also from foreign student, studying in St. Petersburg and came from Italy. <span style="color:darkgray