This was reported in the metropolitan Department of Transport and the development of road transport infrastructure.

“Today, at the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road and Shchelkovo Highway, a driver was stopped who violated quarantine. March 22, he entered the hospital of the Research Institute. Sklifosovsky with acute coronavirus infection. It was discharged on April 4, after which it was supposed to be in home quarantine until April 18, ”TASS quotes the agency.

The department emphasized that this is the first such case in Moscow.

The car of the offender was sent to a special parking lot, and the driver himself was taken to the hospital by the police.

Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that people who violate quarantine and travel around the capital in private cars will be fined.