Two people were hospitalized in Kemerovo after arriving from China

This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Department of Public Health of the Kemerovo region.

“Yesterday, two patients were delivered to the infectious diseases hospital: one adult and one child, who arrived from Hainan (PRC) with respiratory symptoms,” the department said.

The department representative explained that hospitalization was carried out as part of the tightening of control over flights from Asian countries.

Earlier, the Russian embassy established contact with 177 Russians located in the Chinese province of Hubei, where an outbreak of coronavirus was recorded.

According to the latest data, almost 6 thousand people became infected with a new type of coronavirus in China. Of these, 132 died.