This was reported by the press service of Rospotrebnadzor.
It is noted that during the monitoring period a total of 305 patients with signs of acute respiratory viral infections were found.
“As a result of monitoring in the Russian Federation, two cases of new coronavirus infection were detected among newcomers of the PRC,” the TASS report quoted.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that two cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in Russia, both cases are Chinese citizens.
The head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, later clarified that close patients in the Tyumen region and Transbaikalia infected with coronavirus did not have an infection.