Authorities asked Novibiirians to observe hygiene due to coronavirus

The Department of Social Policy of Novosibirsk asked citizens to observe personal hygiene during the active circulation of influenza, coronavirus infection and other acute respiratory viral infections. The agents of all these diseases are highly contagious and are transmitted mainly by air-drop means, warned in the department. When sneezing and coughing in the air around a sick person, microdroplets of his saliva, sputum and respiratory excretions that contain viruses spread. Larger drops settle on surrounding objects and surfaces, small ones are long in the air and carried for distances of up to a few hundred meters, with viruses retaining the ability to infect for several hours to several days. According to the news agency earlier, in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang, which borders Russian Priamurya, the number of people infected with coronavirus has increased by 37 in the last 24 hours.