‘Russia may deport foreigners with virus’

Bloomberg

Russia may deport foreign citizens who are infected with the deadly new strain of coronavirus as part of a national plan against the outbreak signed PM  Mikhail Mishustin.
The government will also postpone the flagship Sochi Economic Forum due to be held from February 12-14 as a precaution, Mishustin said at a televised meeting with his deputies on Monday. Russia is taking “all necessary measures” to prevent the spread of the virus, and has sufficient medicines, he said.
Foreigners travelling from China to Russia will be permitted to enter the country only at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport as of midnight, deputy prime minister Tatyana Golikova told reporters at a briefing. Still, there’s no reason yet to declare an emergency over coronavirus, she said.
Russia reported its first two cases of coronavirus after two Chinese nationals were diagnosed in Siberia. It has cancelled nearly 200 flights to China and also mostly closed the land border with its giant neighbour for passenger traffic.
Both patients are in a satisfactory condition and remain in isolation, public health chief Anna Popova said at the same briefing. More than 4,000 people who may have come into contact with others suspected of being exposed to coronavirus in China are being kept under observation, she said.
Infection control measures are being tightened at Sheremetyevo’s Terminal F, which is handling passengers on China flights, according to Popova.