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MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/: The Russian Health Ministry on Tuesday said it has introduced methods of urgent post-contact prevention against the novel coronavirus infection for medical personnel to be taken in case biological liquids get on the skin or mucous membranes.

"Methods have been developed of urgent post-contact prevention of the coronavirus infection for medical personnel to follow if biological liquids get on the skin or mucous membranes," the Health Ministry said in a news release.

All medical staff undergo daily medical examination and remote thermometry.

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/: The summit of UN Security Council permanent members must be held in person, the video conference format can only serve as an addition to the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday during an online video interview with representatives of the Russian and foreign media.

"We are talking about a summit that would be held in person, physically uniting the leaders of five permanent members of the UN Security Council," Lavrov stressed, adding that UN Security Council permanent members agree with that stance.

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/: Moscow’s private hospital "K31 City" has been repurposed for the treatment of coronavirus patients, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told reporters on Tuesday, noting that the number of coronavirus treatment facilities in the city had reached 30.

"We continue pooling the efforts of medical facilities to combat the coronavirus. This is the thirtieth hospital that is entering the battle against the infection. We are engaging federal, regional and private hospitals alike," Sobyanin said.

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/: A Moscow court has ordered to arrest in absentia owner of Active CIS group of companies Sergei Presnyakov, who is accused of a fraudulent loan scheme to the tune of over 900 mln rubles ($12.1 mln), a spokesperson for the court said.

One of Russia’s top businessmen has been put on an international wanted list, Spokesperson Alexandra Evdokimova said.

MINSK, April 2. /TASS/: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes that global actors might use the coronavirus to reshape the world without a war, the president said in an interview with the Mir broadcasting company Thursday.

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/: China’s Heilongjiang Province has provided Moscow with over 20 tonnes of supplies for combating the coronavirus, Moscow’s Department for External Economic and International Relations said in a statement on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/: The number of novel coronavirus cases in Russia has risen by 2,774 over the past 24 hours reaching 21,102 in 82 regions. To date, 1,694 patients have recovered, 170 people have died, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to discuss hypersonic missiles with the United States in the context of strategic stability, the RIA news agency cited Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Tuesday.

Lavrov said that he would speak to his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo over the telephone in the coming days, news agencies reported.

In August 2019, the United States pulled out of a landmark strategic arms accord, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), adding to tensions between the two former Cold War adversaries.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) will likely delay the election of a new leader until December due to the coronavirus, current leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

The new leader will be in pole position to run as chancellor in the next federal election as Merkel has said she will not seek a fifth term at the head of Europe’s biggest economy.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European politicians, companies, lawmakers and activists called on Tuesday for green investment to restart growth after the coronavirus pandemic, saying fighting climate change and promoting biodiversity would rebuild stronger economies.

The European Union is headed for a steep recession triggered by the outbreak, but divided on how to finance economic recovery, with the ailing south advocating issuing joint debt against the opposition of the fiscally conservative north.