MOSCOW – Nine hulking Il-76 cargo planes are being loaded at the Chkalovsky military airport in Moscow as Russia prepares to send medical personnel and supplies to Italy to help the country’s efforts against the coronavirus.
The mission is to begin Sunday, one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the aid in a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, whose country has confirmed more than 53,000 coronavirus cases and over 4,800 deaths.
The mission will include eight mobile medical teams along with medical equipment and aerosol disinfection trucks.
Russia Deporting Chinese Who Violate #Coronavirus Quarantine https://t.co/8WprFE67Xm
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Uzbekistan is closing its borders for its citizens and will require residents to wear masks if they leave their residences.
An announcement from the country’s commission to prevent the spread of the coronavirus said the borders will closed Monday to everyone except foreign citizens leaving the country and international cargo-haulers.
Beginning Wednesday, anyone not wearing a mask in a public place will be fined, the commission said. Uzbekistan has recorded 42 cases of coronavirus infection. The country has land borders with Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
The British govt still claims there is "no evidence" banning travel from heavily-infected countries would slow the spread of the virus – but how could having fewer infectious people coming into the country NOT reduce the number of Britons they infect? https://t.co/IVS173yHBL
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