Russia to deport foreigners with coronavirus

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Russia plans to expel foreigners who test positive for the fast-spreading new coronavirus, Interfax news agency reported on Monday (Feb 3), as nations worldwide try to curb an outbreak that has killed 361 people in China since it emerged in December.

Russia, which has a 4,300km border with China, reported two cases of the virus last week, in the Siberian region of Tyumen and the far eastern Zabaykalsky region, both involving Chinese nationals.

Russia’s military will start flying back Russian citizens from China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the virus, on Monday, taking 130 people back, out of a total more than 600, officials have said.

Separately, Russia moved 58 of its citizens back from China’s border regions as of last Saturday, the regional Primorsk government said on its Instagram account over the weekend.