In an advisory released on Friday, the Office of Scientific Consultation and Administration of Students in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Central Asia referred to the growing number of coronavirus infections in Russia and urged Iranian students in Russia to return to Iran and proceed with their education via distance learning.

The advisory pointed to a bleak prospect for the settlement of coronavirus issues in Russia in the short term, saying such conditions could even extend into the next semester.

It also noted that Russian universities are making arrangements to set online exams.

Russia has reported nearly 12,000 COVID-19 cases and 94 people have died in the country from the disease so far.

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On Sunday, the spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, added the issue is being seriously followed up in Tehran and Rome.

He added the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will pursue the issue through the National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting Coronavirus, Iran’s Embassy in Rome and the Italian government by the ‎time it achieves a favorable result.

The coronavirus, which causes a respiratory disease, emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in ‎Hubei Province late last year and is currently affecting a large number of countries and territories across ‎the globe. It has infected and killed people in a large number of countries. ‎

The number of infections in Italy stands at ‏‎92‎‏,‏‎472‎, with the country‏’‏s death toll ‎reaching 10‏‎,‎‏023‏‎, ‎according to ‏worldometers.info. ‎

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