The citizens of Russia, in the cabin of the cruise ship Diamond Princess, which imposed Quarantine, are not diagnosed with a new type of coronavirus, has informed the residence of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation on the Japanese Islands.

Quarantine on the ship, According to diplomats, may last until 20 February.

first it was announced that another 10 passengers From the cruise ship, which From Monday is quarantined at anchor off of Kanagawa Prefecture, found a new type of coronavirus. So, only the vessel identified 20 cases.

Diamond Princess out of Yokohama on January 20, walked the route Kagoshima - Hong Kong - Okinawa and was obliged in the first day of the week to come back. However, it appeared that one passenger, 80-year-old citizen of Hong Kong, which at home, went ashore, contracted 2019-nCoV.

By Monday, several people began to complain of malaise. The Japanese authorities decided to detain the ship at anchor and to conduct a survey of all 3, 7 thousands of passengers and crew members.

at the end of December, Chinese Authorities announced the outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in the district of Hubei. The causative agent was a new type of coronavirus - 2019-nCoV.

according to the final data, the number of infected in the world exceeded 24, 3 thousands, died 490.

last week, the Russian government decided to close certain sections of the border With China in the far East, to restrict the crossing of the border With Mongolia, to cancel work visas to Chinese Residents to evacuate from the Hubei province there are citizens of Russia, to stop for a while for regular flights of Russian airlines in China, except for flights of "Aeroflot" in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. From 3 February the Railways stopped train letter With China.



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