“The export of Russian citizens from China due to the threat of coronavirus through checkpoints in Primorye will begin on Saturday, February 1. According to the tourism agency of the Primorsky Territory, evacuation will go through the automobile checkpoints Pogranichny, Kraskino and Poltavka, ”the statement said.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that Russia will evacuate its citizens from Hubei and the city of Wuhan in China in connection with the spread of coronavirus.
According to preliminary data, there are 300 Russians in Wuhan and 341 in Hubei.
According to Golikova, Russia is introducing additional measures to combat coronavirus after the first two cases of virus infection in the country have been identified.