Diagnose of those hospitalized in St. Petersburg on suspicion of coronavirus revealed

Medical professionals confirmed that a Chinese national and a Russian national hospitalized earlier in St. Petersburg had not contracted a new type of coronavirus, the press service of the St. Petersburg Healthcare Committee said.

"None of the above mentioned patients has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection at the moment. We cannot rule out that their condition was caused by acute respiratory viral infection," TASS cited the statement as saying.

Earlier, it was reported that two people, one Russian and one Chinese national, had been hospitalized in St. Petersburg on suspicion of a new type of coronavirus.