Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an instruction to close the Far Eastern Region’s border to prevent the spread of coronavirus, which has prompted lockdowns and quarantines in several Chinese cities.
“A corresponding instruction was signed today. Work on it is already in progress. We will inform all those concerned properly about the measures to close the border in the Far Eastern region and other steps the government has taken [to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Russia],” Mishustin said during a cabinet meeting on Thursday, according to the state-run TASS news agency.
