Order on State Council working group on coronavirus response

The President ordered to set up a working group at the State Council to counter the spread of the new coronavirus infection caused by 2019-nCoV, and approved its 19 members.

Senior officials in the Russian regions facing a threat of the new coronavirus outbreak are recommended to participate in the work of the working group.

The President also ordered the Government and the Presidential Directorate for Supporting Activities of the State Council of the Russian Federation to ensure and support the working group’s efforts.

The group is led by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin Sobyanin Sergei Sobyanin SergeiMoscow Mayor with First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov Belousov Andrei Belousov AndreiDefence Minister of the Russian Federation , deputy prime ministers Tatyana Golikova Golikova Tatyana Golikova TatyanaDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation and Dmitry Chernyshenko as his deputies. The group also includes Healthcare Minister Mikhail Murashko Murashko Mikhail Murashko MikhailMinister of Healthcare of the Russian Federation , Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov Manturov Denis Manturov DenisFirst Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Transport Minister Yevgeny Ditrikh Ditrikh Yevgeny Ditrikh YevgenyGeneral Director of the State Transport Leasing Company , Presidential Aide Igor Levitin Levitin Igor Levitin IgorAdviser to the President, Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in Transport , heads of the Presidential Domestic Policy Directorate, Presidential Directorate for Public Relations and Communications Office, Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor), Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor), Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Federal Customs Service, and FSB Border Service, and deputy ministers of the interior, foreign affairs, defence, and emergencies and disaster relief.