Russia eyes restricting flights to Turkey

The operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus will discuss restricting flights to Turkey at a meeting with representatives of the Federal Air Transport Agency, the Ministry of Transport, and Rospotrebnadzor on Friday, Report says, citing RBC.

The source said that this is due to the deterioration of the epidemiological situation in Turkey. According to him, it is necessary to prevent the import of new strains of coronavirus to Russia.

RBC sources in the aviation industry confirmed the information about today's meeting. Representatives of the tourism sector reported that they are preparing to introduce additional measures to prevent new strains of the virus. We are talking, in particular, about the "London scenario."

"Turkey is closed for a month, or a 14-day quarantine is introduced for those who return from Turkey," the source said.

Turkey has seen a spike in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in recent weeks. So, starting from the second of April, more than 40 thousand new infections are recorded daily, and yesterday the indicator reached almost 55 thousand. Besides, the country has a record for the number of deaths from COVID-19.