“At the moment, in fact, the place where the evacuation will be carried out has been determined,” TASS quoted the words of the deputy minister of the ministry, Sergey Kraevoy.

He noted that specialists are sent there to conduct classes with the medical staff who will be involved in quarantine activities during the incubation period.

It was previously reported that the total number of people infected with the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus in 31 regions of China reached 20,438, 425 of them died.