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Russia Establishes Siberian Quarantine Center for Coronavirus

Charles Maynes

   MOSCOW - Russia's government took additional measures to stop the
   spread of the deadly coronavirus across the border from China,with a
   Kremlin task force announcing a quarantine location for at-risk
   patients just days after two cases were reported.Both of the
   infectedare Chinese nationals living inside Russia.

   "We're all interested in the results of our fight with the new virus
   being as effective as possible," President Vladimir Putin said while
   addressing the global outbreak during a working visit to the city of
   Cherepovets.

   Kremlin spokesman DmitryPeskovtold Echo of Moscow news radio that Putin
   was receiving regular updates from a government working group set up to
   prevent spread of thedisease.

   "All necessary measures are beingtaken,"Peskovsaid when asked if Putin
   was satisfied with the task force's efforts to date.

   People evacuated

   The comments came as a Russian Defense Ministry plane evacuated 80
   people from the epicenter of the virus in Wuhan, China.

   A second Russian military plane was reportedly en route late Tuesday to
   collectthe roughly 70 people remaining,a group that, while mostly
   Russian, included citizens from neighboring Kazakhstan, Belarus,
   Ukraine and Armenia.

   In Moscow, Deputy Prime Minister TatianaGolikovaannounced that those
   returning would undergo a mandatory two-week precautionary quarantine
   in Siberia's Tyumen region. None of the evacuees,Golikovanoted, were at
   this point showing symptoms.

   Yet an official from a government consumer protection group was also
   quoted as saying that the Siberian medical facilities would be secured
   by fencing and patrolled by Russian National Guard,presumably to
   preventescapes.

   "People will live in their own rooms, without leaving them. All
   measures are necessary for biological safety," said Svetlana Popova, a
   doctor with the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer
   Protection and Welfare."Everything will be done accordingto the rules."

   Russians in Wuhan

   TheTassnews agency quoted RussianEmbassy officials as saying 341
   Russianswere living in Wuhan,suggesting some Russians may not be
   immediately evacuated.
   

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