“Patients arrived in the city of Chita by plane from the Neryungri gold mining enterprise in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to examine and determine the severity of COVID-19,” RIA Novosti reports.

According to the results of computed tomography, three patients were referred for treatment to the hospital.

In total, 54 patients were discharged from the beginning of the hospital.

Earlier, COVID-19 was detected in three employees of the Internatsionalny mine in the Mirny district of Yakutia.