Coronavirus: 425 Kyrgyz citizens, including 21 medics returned to homeland

Bishkek, July 19, 2020. /Kabar/. Today, July 19, a plane of the Aeroflot - Russian Airlines has arrived in Kyrgyzstan.

425 Kyrgyz citizens, including 22 young children have been returned to the homeland on the Moscow - Bishkek route, the press service of the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said.

This flight was performed as part of implementation of agreements, reached by the Kyrgyz, Russian Foreign Ministries in accordance with the instruction of President and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic as part of the ongoing work on the return of Kyrgyz citizens, located in foreign countries because of temporary closure of borders and the suspension of international passenger air traffic due to the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the world.

This flight also brought back a group of 21 medical practitioners from among Kyrgyzstanis in Russia, who volunteered to join their colleagues in the treatment of patients with coronavirus infection and community-acquired pneumonia.

The work on the return of Kyrgyz citizens who are in foreign countries and wish to return to their homeland continues.