“We appeal to you to take advantage of the existing regular air links (flights to Moscow are operated by Aeroflot airline from the cities of Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing) and to initiatively leave the territory of China,” the agency’s website said in a statement.
Particular caution should be exercised by the Russians in Guangdong province, since here "epidemiological indicators show negative dynamics."
The Consulate General called for not being urgently needed in Hainan, Yuannan, Fujian, Jianxi and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov said that there were no plans to evacuate Russian citizens from all over China and from diplomatic institutions.