“Unfortunately, the epidemic situation of the new coronavirus infection in the world in recent weeks has tended to deteriorate significantly,” RIA Novosti quoted the minister as saying.

Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded a new anti-record for the daily increase in the number of cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the world.

It was also reported that Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko will go into self-isolation due to a positive test for coronavirus in one of the family members