According to TASS, the total number of infections in China exceeded 74.5 thousand.
It was previously reported that in the Chinese province of Hubei, 2,029 people died from the effects of coronavirus infection.
February 18, it became known that Russia has suspended the entry of Chinese citizens against the backdrop of an outbreak of coronavirus infection in this country.
Vice-President of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Yuri Barzykin in an interview with Nation News commented on the time limit for Chinese citizens to enter Russia.