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NEW YORK, April 29 – RIA Novosti. Russian schoolchildren returning home from the US because of the situation with coronavirus, told RIA Novosti about the misadventures through which they had to pass in the States.

At JFK airport in new York is the registration on the flight of “Aeroflot”, which, according to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation, will deliver about 320 of Russians to their homeland. Departure to be at 19.20 local time (GMT 2.20). Plane lucky residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Leningrad, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula and Yaroslavl regions.

According to the public organization “Russian youth of America”, this flight will fly out on 19 students who participated in educational programs in the United States.

a Young man named Tom was training in the US in Illinois for the program, which began in August and ended in may.

“My Agency in early April announced that it is no longer responsible for me. Now for himself, said,” – said Artem.

According to him, a member of the host family is an employee of the ambulance. “At one point it became clear that she was in contact with the patient coronavirus. She had to isolate themselves. It turned out that we had to look for another accommodation. But, thank God, the relatives of this family adopted”, – said Artem.

According to him, the problem was that the Agency was not responsible for him in this situation and could not find a new family.

In turn, schoolgirl Irina said the Agency that organized her training only a week ago asked whether a Russian woman to leave the U.S. and return to Russia on the background of the difficult situation with coronavirus. “They wrote me that I have to report to their Embassy if I want to leave,” she said.

Earlier, the Russian foreign Ministry informed that in the United States in a difficult situation, were several dozen students from Russia: they arrived in the country in the autumn in the framework of the curriculum, which was curtailed due to the coronavirus. Nevertheless, the Ministry stressed that he had not been informed about any programs involving the export of Russian students in the United States.

Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.