Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the Russian Federation decided to close the border with Belarus to move people in connection with the distribution of COVID-19. "We have consistently, depending on the development of a pandemic closed its borders. The 1st thing We did with China and other Asian countries that first faced with this threat. Limited air traffic with the EU countries, when the virus began to spread, and there, suspended the entry of aliens across the border with Poland, Norway, canceled railway letter with Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine. We also adopted conclusions on the closure of the border with Belarus to move people, made a number of other proactive steps, " he said at the operational meeting with Deputy Prime Ministers. before it was limited to air transportation with the European Union, Switzerland and Norway, before that with China, Iran, South Korea, France, Spain, Germany. Taboo administered and other countries. The world health organization first declared the outbreak COVID-19, spread from China, a pandemic. According to the final data in the world, has infected 157 thousand people. Cases of coronavirus identified in Over 140 countries. More than six thousand people dead, 75 thousand patients were cured. in Russia infected more than 60 people, in Belarus - about 30. <span style="color:darkgray