Two people were hospitalized in St. Petersburg with suspected ARVI

This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head doctor of the hospital, Alexei Yakovlev.

“The analyzes have been taken, the normal examination process is ongoing. (Diagnosis. - RT ) takes more than one second. We are interested in people who were in China, ”Yakovlev said.

Earlier in the office of the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, it was reported that a passenger with suspected ARVI flew to St. Petersburg from China.

In late December, Chinese authorities reported an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan. It was preliminary established that the causative agent was a new type of coronavirus - 2019-nCoV, which is transmitted from person to person.

It spread beyond the borders of the PRC; cases of infection have been recorded in South Korea, Japan, the USA and Thailand.

According to the latest data, 17 people died from this type of coronavirus, more than 500 are infected.

Rospotrebnadzor reported that a vaccine is being developed in Russia. The department has strengthened sanitary-quarantine control at all checkpoints on the borders of Russia.