Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov while speaking in an exclusive interview to TASS First Deputy Director-General Mikhail Gusman suggested the agency might announce an international photo contest devoted to the struggle against the pandemic.

Lavrov invited the Malaysian foreign minister to visit Russia "at a convenient time".

Other testing kits are capable of only detecting the presence of antibodies, according to the chief of Russia’s sanitary watchdog.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to prepare a new package of urgent measures to support business and citizens in the near future.

Lavrov noted that any contacts between people, including humanitarian, educational, scientific and tourist exchanges, are seriously limited.

To date, a total of 87,147 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia.

The Kremlin spokesman noted that in Italy and Spain the critical phase of the epidemic continued a month and a half at maximum.

The Army must today support those who are in a difficult situation, including defense enterprises, Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said.

Earlier, TASS informed that the region of Piedmont had addressed the Russian military with a request for aid

The expert believes that "it is clear that this needs to be done, this is justified and logical".