BEIJING, April 14 – RIA Novosti. Infection with coronavirus in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang bordering Russia, over the past day have revealed another 79 Chinese nationals who returned home from Russia via the Border crossing point – Suifenhe, according to the Committee on health of the province and the Consulate General of Russia in Harbin.
Specifies that of the 79 new infected 65 were previously considered asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus, but they while under medical observation for any symptoms, and these patients were included in the statistics of confirmed cases of import. According to the Committee, for the last day coronavirus revealed in one patient without symptoms who is also a citizen of China, arrived from Russia.
according to the Russian Consulate General in Harbin, all of the infected arrived in the country through the Border crossing point – Suifenhe, from late March to early April. All in all, the province was 326 import of cases.
China, which is managed as a whole to stop the spread of the epidemic in the country, is now trying to cope with the import cases, however, they are becoming more due to the fact that Chinese citizens returning home from other countries in connection with a complicated epidemiological situation.
In recent weeks after the cessation of flights between China and Russia, many of which are in Russia, Chinese citizens are eager to return home, they began to actively use the border crossings in the far East.
In the end, the Chinese government decided on 7 April to temporarily shut down the passenger corridor to the checkpoint”, Pogranichny – Suifenhe”, 9 April passenger traffic was also temporarily suspended through the checkpoint on the Russian-Chinese border “Manzhouli – Zabaikalsk”.
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