In Russia, 14 new cases of coronavirus infection with COVID-19 were recorded per day. This was announced by the operational headquarters to prevent the importation and spread of new coronavirus infection in Russia. Most of them in Moscow are nine people.

“Over the past day in Russia 14 cases of coronavirus infection have been registered among citizens of the Russian Federation, nine in Moscow, one in the Moscow region, one in St. Petersburg, two in the Kemerovo region, one in the Kaliningrad region,” the report said.

All infected Russians in the last two weeks have visited countries with an unfavorable epidemiological situation - Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Poland and Switzerland. At the moment they are hospitalized and placed in infectious boxes.

“The circle of persons with whom they contacted on the territory of the Russian Federation was determined. Work is underway to place contact persons under medical supervision. They are undergoing laboratory examination, ”the Rospotrebnadzor emphasized.

Among the sick in Moscow, including three minors. As early as March 10, the classes in which they were studying were quarantined. Ten relatives of the patients were also hospitalized.

In total, 59 cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded in the Russian Federation. According to information on the website of the Ministry of Health, at least three of them were discharged - two students of the PRC and one Russian. Three coronavirus infected citizens of the Russian Federation who received the infection on the Diamond Princess liner also recovered.

Rospotrebnadzor also said that on March 13, a total of more than 95 thousand tests for coronavirus were tested in laboratories.

“As of March 13, 2020, more than 95 thousand studies on coronavirus were conducted in the laboratories of Rospotrebnadzor. Timely diagnosis is one of the most important measures in the event of a threat of the emergence and spread of a new coronavirus in Russia, ”the department explained.

As noted by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, cases of infection were recorded not only imported from abroad, but also domestic transmission - among relatives of patients.

“Our coronavirus was diagnosed not only in people who returned in particular from Italy, but also in members of their families who did not go abroad,” he said.

The head of government emphasized that the measures introduced in Moscow should be extended to all regions.

“You can’t hesitate here, in general, you need a quick diagnosis and prompt measures to identify the disease as it was done in Moscow,” he said. “This practice needs to be extended to all regions of the country.”

Spread around the world

As part of the fight against the spread of coronavirus in Russia, additional measures are being introduced. So, from March 16, air communication with the EU countries, Switzerland and Norway will be limited - only regular flights to the capitals will be carried out. Such measures have already been introduced in relation to some states, and, for example, the border with Iran is completely closed - only Russians and citizens of the EAEU countries can enter Russia from the country.

In total there are more than 145 thousand cases of infection in the world. Most of them were registered in China - about 81 thousand people. There is also the largest number of deaths - 3.1 thousand out of 5.4 thousand worldwide.

Recently, however, the situation in China has begun to improve. Over the past day, only a few cases of infection were recorded and over 1.4 thousand recovered. Thus, the total number of people recovered in China is over 65.5 thousand, which is about 81% of all cases in this country.

The World Health Organization (WHO) found that the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic is in Europe. The most difficult situation has developed in Italy, from where the infection has recently spread.

According to the latest data, in Italy there are about 17.7 thousand patients. Quarantine was introduced throughout the country, mass events were canceled.

In total, the number of infected people over the past 24 hours has increased by 12 thousand people.