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the Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin signed the order about closing of the Russian border in the far East. This is done as one of the measures to combat the spread of coronavirus, reports TASS.
“We accordingly today will inform all about the relevant arrangements for the closure of the border in the far East and other measures that have been taken by the government,” – said Mishustin.
in addition, the Russian foreign Ministry reported that temporarily stops the issuance of electronic visas to Chinese citizens for entry into the country.
Russia is actively taking steps to combat the spread of coronavirus. The Ministry of health has developed and submitted to the regions temporary methodical recommendations on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of new virus.
Meanwhile, the scientists in Vladivostok, in cooperation with the Chinese doctors have developed an artificial intelligence program for the diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus. According to the developers, with this program the hospital regions will be able to quickly diagnose the disease and choose the optimal therapy depending on the stage of the disease and peculiarities of organism.
in addition, Russia has a sufficient number of personal protective equipment for the population and integrated points of decontamination in case of aggravation of the situation.
Outbreak of pneumonia was registered in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of December, the causative agent of which was a new type of coronavirus – 2019-nCoV.
To date, infected identified in all regions of China, including the Autonomous zone. The virus has also been identified in Australia, Canada, Vietnam, Germany, Cambodia, Malaysia, Nepal, South Korea, Singapore, USA, Thailand, France, Japan and Sri Lanka.
the Number of victims of coronavirus in China rose to 170 and the number of infected reached 7 711. A day earlier it was reported 5 999 cases and 132 deaths. In Russia, infected is currently unknown.
PremiersR-Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin was assigned to organize the headquarters for the coronavirus. To enter his deputies, heads of the Ministry of transport, Ministry of health, Rospotrebnadzor, EMERCOM, Ministry of interior and Ministry of industry and trade.
the Russian Ministry of health has developed a draft interim recommendations on the treatment of the disease. Capital management Rospotrebnadzor published a detailed manual on how to act staff working with Chinese citizens.
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