Passengers wear protective masks upon their arrival at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow, Russia February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday flew home its first group of 78 citizens from China's Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, and plans to quarantine them for two weeks in a camp in Siberia while they are tested for the disease.
Russia, which has restricted crossings along its 4,300 km (2,670-mile) land border with China, last week reported its first two cases of coronavirus, both in Siberia and both involving Chinese nationals.
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