“In order to prevent the import and spread in Moscow of cases of a disease caused by the new coronavirus, sanitary-quarantine control at Vnukovo International Airport has been strengthened,” the statement said.
As noted, a compulsory quarantine inspection of the relevant aircraft was organized.
“In total, from 01.01.2020, 509 flights were inspected, of which 19 were from China. The number of inspected persons is 119,786, of which 6,261 people arrived from China, ”the department added.
Earlier it was reported that a passenger with suspected ARVI arrived in St. Petersburg from China. As stated, two people with suspicion of ARVI were taken to the hospital, one was a Russian, the other a citizen of the PRC.
The Ministry of Health indicated that at present there is a "stage of examination of patients with suspected coronavirus" in St. Petersburg, and the results will be known in a few days.
Later, the St. Petersburg Health Committee stated that a student from China did not detect the presence of coronavirus in the body.
It was also reported that a possible carrier of coronavirus arriving from Bangkok was hospitalized in Moscow, but this information was refuted in Sheremetyevo.