“The Murmansk citizen, who confirmed coronavirus, grossly violated the regime of self-isolation. Having returned from a trip abroad, the man did not quarantine, but continued free communication, ”Kabatyuk wrote on her VKontakte page.

She noted that several people in contact with him also identified COVID-2019.

“The issue of initiating a criminal case is being decided,” the spokeswoman added.

Earlier, investigators opened a case against a man who escaped from an observatory in a sanatorium in St. Petersburg, where he was quarantined after returning from abroad.