“If the patient has a temperature of less than 38.5 degrees, a respiratory rate of less than 30, a blood oxygen saturation of more than 93%, breathing is free, then the patient stays at home,” the document says.

It is noted that if at least one of these signs is not met, the patient will be hospitalized.

Also, if the course of the disease is mild, but the patient is over 65 years old, or he has a chronic disease, or pregnancy, then he will be hospitalized.

A patient who lives with high-risk family members with the impossibility of resettlement will also be hospitalized.

Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that Russian regions should be prepared for difficult challenges in connection with the situation surrounding the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19.

On March 23, additional measures to prevent the spread of the virus were introduced in the capital. From March 26 to April 14, compulsory home quarantine is introduced in the city for residents over 65, as well as for people with chronic diseases. Those who returned from the United States, Britain, the EU, Ukraine, Belarus and all European countries that are not members of the EU are still required to be in self-isolation.