Russia Sets up Siberia Quarantine Over Escalating Coronavirus Fears

Medical officials waiting for people who want to be tested for the novel coronavirus at Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 31, 2020. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Russia announced Tuesday it will set up a quarantine zone in Siberia’s Tyumen region, where nationals who will be evacuated from coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan, China, will be held for 14 days.

Russia previously said that it would send planes to evacuate Russian nationals in Hubei Province, the epicenter of the outbreak.