The task force to combat coronavirus will discuss the issue of restricting flights to Turkey at its next meeting on April 9, RBC reports, citing sources.

Representatives of the Federal Air Transport Agency, the Ministry of Transport and Rospotrebnadzor will also take part in the meeting. The discussion of the issue of closing air traffic is related to concerns about the import of new strains of coronavirus to Russia.

According to an RBC source in the tourism industry, they are “mentally preparing for the London scenario .” “Turkey is being closed for a month or a 14-day quarantine is being introduced for those who return from Turkey,” the agency’s source said.

Updated . According to a Dozhd source close to the federal headquarters, it has been decided not to restrict air traffic with Turkey for now. A RIA Novosti source, in turn, reported that no decision has been made, and the issue may be revisited on Monday, April 12.

On August 1, Turkey became one of the first countries with which Russia opened regular air traffic. Before that, it had been completely closed for four months.
Over the past month, the number of daily coronavirus cases in Turkey has increased almost fivefold and reached a record high: 55,941 cases were recorded on April 7. During the first wave in spring 2020, the maximum daily case count in Turkey was 13,976, and during the second wave in December, it was 33,198.

Coronavirus task force to discuss ban on flights to Turkey