Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 3 February 2020, the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Yekaterinburg (Russia) confirmed a media report about the hospitalization of 3 citizens of Uzbekistan with suspected coronavirus in the city of Nizhnevartovsk.

All passengers of the Novosibirsk-Tyumen flight were hospitalized with them after the coronavirus was detected in a PRC citizen who was flying the same flight.

The Consulate General has established contact with a medical institution where compatriots are hospitalized. According to doctors, Uzbek citizens are now in satisfactory condition and there are no symptoms confirming that they have a coronavirus.

Their analyzes were sent to the medical institutions of Tyumen and Novosibirsk, where after a thorough study medical reports will be given.