Russia to deport foreigners with virus: PM
Russia plans to deport foreigners diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said yesterday, as the government postponed an investment forum over the deadly infection.
“Now it’s been added to the list of especially dangerous illnesses. That will allow us to deport foreign citizens if they are diagnosed with such an illness,” Mishustin said at a televised government meeting.
He also said that an annual investment forum in Sochi that was due to take place in mid-February would be postponed.
“First and foremost we have to think about the safety and health of our citizens (and) forum participants,” Mishustin added.
Russia has two confirmed cases of the virus and both are Chinese citizens being treated in Siberian hospitals.
“The sick people who have been diagnosed with the dangerous infection have been isolated and doctors today are giving them all the necessary assistance,” Mishustin said.
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