The number of victims of a new type of coronavirus has increased to nine

“As of now, the number of confirmed cases of infection with a new type of coronavirus in China has reached 440, nine people have died,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

It was previously reported that the first case of a new type of coronavirus was recorded in the United States.

In connection with the possible spread of the disease, the Russian authorities have strengthened sanitary-quarantine control at checkpoints on the border with China.