“The cadets of the faculty for training doctors for foreign armies have revealed the presence of the causative agent of a new coronavirus infection,” RIA Novosti reports the military department.

As indicated, with further testing of the sample, "another 55 cadets from other faculties gave a positive result."

The condition of the infected is assessed as normal, symptomatic manifestations of the disease are not observed.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that more than 280 foci of coronavirus infection were identified in Russia.