Wild Animal Hunting Begins in Moscow Due to Coronavirus

The head of Moscow's Rospotrebnadzor department, Elena Andreeva, has announced that a large-scale extermination of rodents and hunting of wild animals is underway in Moscow to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, as reported by RIA Novosti.

According to Andreeva, Moscow authorities are doing everything possible to prevent the entrance of the virus into the city. Control has been intensified at the capital's airports, and all arrivals from China are being screened.

She added that the population is appropriately responding to the measures in place, as no one wants to fall ill.