A girl in a face mask at the Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow
Russia will restrict the entry of foreign citizens and stateless persons into its territory from March 18 to May 1 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a statement published on Monday on the website of the Russian government showed.
A woman walks at the Goptivka checkpoint, near Kharkiv on the Ukrainian-Russian border
The entry ban will not apply to employees of diplomatic missions and consular posts in Russia, drivers of motor vehicles serving international routes, aircraft, ship and railway crews, members of official delegations, people arriving in Russia due to the death of a close relative, and transit air passengers, it added.