“Popova instructed to continue control at checkpoints across the state border in connection with the changed approaches regarding the movement of citizens from China,” the Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement.

The department also said that the situation with influenza in Russia remains difficult.

Earlier, Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical Work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Natalya Pshenichnaya told who should still be vaccinated against influenza.