According to a report by Russia's TASS news agency on the 4th, the head of the World Health Organization's representative office in Russia, Batel Berdekrychev, said in an interview with the media that the investigation showed that there was no "new virus infection" in Russia, and the known cases were caused by mycoplasma infection caused pneumonia.

Berdykrychev said that in response to the recent cases of coughing up blood in Russia, the WHO contacted the relevant Russian agencies. The Russian side provided data on 5 cases registered in Moscow and the Moscow region as requested by WHO. Laboratory studies confirmed that the disease of these 0 cases was pneumonia caused by mycoplasma infection and not a new virus infection.

He said that Russia has established a reliable epidemiological surveillance system and that WHO is in close communication with the Russian national health authorities.

Transferred from: Central Television News User Terminal

Source: International Online