“Over the threshold of apartments people go only in masks. I believe that these are normal precautions in an epidemic. The Chinese are very vigilant and correct about this situation, they closed the city, closed that area of ​​Wuhan, where the outbreak of the disease started, ”she said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

According to Makovtseva, you can get to the Hankou area through special checkpoints.

“They explain to everyone on TV and on the Internet how to behave if a person has felt the first signs of a cold. You need to wait two to three days, if the symptoms do not subside, you need to seek medical help. It must be understood that in hospitals it is now much more dangerous than at home, ”the Russian woman added.

According to her, “there is no panic in the city, but in hospitals and hospitals there is panic among people.”

Earlier, Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin ordered to strengthen sanitary-epidemiological and migration control at border crossing points of the country, as well as suspend the regime of 72-hour visa-free stay for transit passengers from China.

According to the latest data, the number of infections with a new type of coronavirus in China increased until 1975, 56 deaths were recorded.

As the PRC State Committee on Health Affairs noted, the ability of the new coronavirus to spread is increasing, the outbreak of the disease has entered a more complex stage.