It is reported by RIA Novosti.

“The order implies measures only against Chinese citizens: Chinese citizens are temporarily suspended from entering Russia as part of group tourist trips, and the issuance of work visas to Russia for Chinese citizens is suspended,” the government apparatus explained.

The cabinet’s staff also added that the Russian government does not restrict Russian citizens from traveling to China, but recommends abstaining from this.

Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor ordered the authorities of the regions of Russia to strengthen measures to ensure the disinfection regime in order to prevent the spread of a new type of coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

An ornithologist, Candidate of Biological Sciences Yevgeny Koblik, in an interview with the PolitExpert publication, evaluated the role of migratory birds in the spread of coronavirus.