MOSCOW — Russia said on Monday it may deport foreigners who test positive for coronavirus as Russian military planes flew in to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak which has killed 361 people. Russia, which has a 4,300km (2,670-mile) land border with China, reported its first two cases of the virus last week in the Siberian regions of Tyumen and Zabaykalsk. Russia halted passenger trains to China as of Sunday night and the last train from Beijing rolled into Russia empty after 136 passengers – all Chinese nationals – were taken off at the border, the RIA news agency reported. “We’re not scared yet but if doctors diagnose (coronavirus) cases in Moscow then of course (we will be),” a security official wearing a mask at a check point at the terminal for China flights, told Reuters. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told senior government officials that Moscow has formally labeled coronavirus a “very dangerous disease,” granting authorities enhanced powers to combat it.

Source: National Post February 03, 2020 16:52 UTC