MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA - MARCH 1, 2020: Travellers look at aircraft from a waiting area at the Sheremetyevo International Airport. On 1 March 2020, Russia suspended all direct flights from South Korea except direct flights operated by Aeroflot and Korean Air and charter flight services by three more Russian air carriers in connection with an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in East Asia. The remaining flights between Russia and South Korea will be restricted to the Sheremetyevo International Airport. Previously, Russia restricted flights from China and Iran. As of 1 March, 2020, more than 86,000 people have been infected with the COVID-19 virus in the world, with more than 79,000 in the People's Republic of China and more than 3,000 in South Korea. Russia has confirmed two cases of coronavirus. Valery Sharifulin/TASS Ðîññèÿ. Ìîñêîâñêàÿ îáëàñòü. Ïàññàæèðû â àýðîïîðòó Øåðåìåòüåâî. Ðîññèÿ îãðàíè÷èëà àâèàñîîáùåíèå ñ Þæíîé Êîðååé èç-çà ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèÿ â ýòîé ñòðàíå êîðîíàâèðóñà íîâîãî òèïà. Ñ 1 ìàðòà ïîëåòû ìåæäó ñòðàíàìè áóäåò âûïîëíÿòü òîëüêî "Àýðîôëîò" è Korean Air. Òàêîå ðåøåíèå áûëî ïðèíÿòî îïåðàòèâíûì øòàáîì ïî áîðüáå ñ ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèåì êîðîíàâèðóñà. Âàëåðèé Øàðèôóëèí/ÒÀÑÑ