“From 10 a.m. (05:00 Moscow time) on January 23, the work of public transport in Wuhan, the metro, ferries and long-distance flights is temporarily suspended. For no particular reason, residents should not leave the city. Outbound flights from the airport and train stations are temporarily closed, ”TASS quoted a statement by the emergency headquarters to combat the spread of the disease.

Earlier, Chinese authorities reported that the death toll from a new type of coronavirus rose to 17.

It was also reported that a passenger with suspected ARVI arrived in St. Petersburg from China. As stated, two people with suspected ARVI, a Russian and a citizen of the PRC, were taken to the hospital. Later, the press service of the Ministry of Health of Russia reported that two passengers from Pulkovo Airport were not currently diagnosed with coronavirus.

In addition, it was reported that a possible carrier of coronavirus arriving from Bangkok was hospitalized in Moscow, but this information was refuted in Sheremetyevo.