“Patients from St. Petersburg who are suspected of having a coronovirus infection are in specialized medical institutions of the city ... at present, none of these patients have been diagnosed with a coronovirus infection,” the Mizdrava press service quotes RIA Novosti .

It is noted that the condition of the patients is assessed as stable.

The City Health Committee of St. Petersburg, in turn, reports that a Russian and a Chinese man who came to St. Petersburg from the PRC, where an outbreak of a new type of coronavirus was found, and who were hospitalized on Wednesday with suspected acute respiratory viral infections, are in a moderate state, a threat to their life not.

Earlier it was 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.