The Russian Embassy in China said the number ready to leave Hubei Russians

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the Chinese province of Hubei because of an outbreak of coronavirus ready to leave 130 citizens of Russia. Told the press attache of the Russian Embassy in China, Georgy Egorov, the TV channel “Russia 24”.

He explained that all communication with the Embassy left 202 people, however, many decided to stay in China. Diplomats continue to make a list for evacuation.

to get people out of the infected plan China aircraft aerospace forces. On Board will be military doctors and specialists in the field of Virology with all the necessary medicines.

At the end of December 2019, for the first time became aware of cases of unknown pneumonia in China. Focus of infection called the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province.

the causative agent of the disease was 2019 coronavirus-nCoV. The who declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus emergency situation of international importance. According to the latest figures, killed 304 people, and the number infected has reached nearly 15 thousand.

Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced the government decision to close all flights of the airlines in China, except for flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and back. Flights of Russian airlines in other cities in China translated regular basis for Charter.

a New mode of air transport with China introduced from 1 February. The restrictions on air traffic between Russia and China and the evacuation of Russians from Wuhan will not affect the planned export of Russian citizens from the Chinese island of Hainan.

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