“Today we do not introduce mandatory quarantine for all those who return from Italy, quite reasonably. The country is large, and no one in the world has yet introduced such measures, there are no epidemiological reasons for this, ”RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
At the same time, the head of the Rospotrebnadzor advised the Russians who returned from Italy to get medical records at the place of residence.
She recalled that it should be observed during the 14-day incubation period.
“You need to be examined in the first days after contact, and this, of course, is already obtained much earlier than you returned to Russia. According to our methodological recommendations, during the medical observation period, a person is examined three times, ”Popova said.
According to her, it is necessary to undergo a medical examination immediately after contact with an infected person, if known about him, as well as on the tenth and 11th or 12th day.
Popova also said that at present there are about 30 thousand Russian tourists in Italy.
Previously, the number of people infected with coronavirus infection in Italy reached 821, 21 of whom died.
A resident of Yekaterinburg, Leonora Orlova, who is in Italy, in an interview with URA.RU commented on the situation with the spread of coronavirus.