Coronavirus can be transmitted from person to person at a distance of 4 meters, said the chief epidemiologist of the Ministry of health Nikolay Briko in the air of television channel " Russia 24 ". according to his statement is confirmed by a new report from the Center for the prevention and control of diseases (CDC). The virus Also can persist in the air from 30 minutes to three hours, and on the surface of objects up to several days. Briko has paid attention that, thus, transmission may occur not only airborne, but also by contact. Separately, the technician stopped on the General situation in Russia. "There is a trend to increase the intensity of the epidemic process. According to parameters of who, we are somewhere, at least Moscow is certainly on the third, and then fourth phase of development of epidemic process when it is difficult to trace the visible sources of infection, the visible transmission of the virus, " he said. Briko also expressed the view that the impact of the measures taken must presumably occur a week Later. the country recorded 21 102 cases of infection COVID-19, nearly 1,700 people have recovered, 170 died. In many regions, there is a high alert, citizens are encouraged to stay at home, halted air and rail letter with other States. Anything in the world more than 1 8 million infected people, more than 113 thousand died. The most difficult situation is in the USA, Italy and Spain. In China, where the spread of the Coronavirus has already been said about the end of the epidemic. The latest information on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager. Of the Russian Federation. <span style="color:darkgray