This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the Ministry of Health of the Sakhalin Region, Vladimir Yushchuk.

“Today, the region’s medicine has been switched to a special mode of operation. The mobilized medical teams that worked tonight continue to work now for the early detection and non-proliferation of cases of coronavirus infection, ”said Yushchuk.

Also, according to him, "the laboratory diagnostic service has already been transferred to the round-the-clock mode."

According to the latest data, 1,534 people are infected with coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Russia.

For a day in 26 regions of Russia revealed 270 cases of infection with coronavirus.