Russia Stops Rail Communications with China

Starting from February 3, Russia will suspend rail communications with China. This was announced by the Russian Railways company. The reason for this decision is to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from China to Russia.

Earlier, we reported that a pneumonia outbreak was registered in Wuhan, China, in December, which has already claimed the lives of over 350 people, with the number of infected surpassing 17,000. The cause of the disease is a previously unknown strain of the coronavirus. Wuhan is the epicenter of the virus's spread.

The geographical spread of the outbreak is expanding daily, with confirmed cases of coronavirus in the USA, Russia, several European countries, Turkey, and Georgia.