Karelian customs: measures taken in connection with the threat of the spread of coronavirus infection

Karelian customs has adopted a series of emergency preventive measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.

By order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 635-R dated March 16, 2020 from March 18 to may 1, 2020, temporarily restricted entry to the Russian Federation foreign citizens and persons without citizenship, including arriving from the territory of the Republic of Belarus and citizens of the Republic of Belarus.

In the Karelian customs measures for temporary restriction of personal reception of citizens. Those wishing to come for a personal appointment is recommended to use a written application form. For incoming correspondence in the administrative building of the customs at the address: Petrozavodsk, street of Friedrich Engels, 25 at the entrance to the building is located Boxing for admission and subsequent registration of the documents.

The customs authority minimized the number of trips to the Russian Federation, postponed to a later date of the international meeting. Limit activities involving the personal attendance of the officials of the meeting on questions of activity of customs are held in the format of a video mode.

In the customs operational staff to ensure preventive preventive measures in connection with threat of the spread of coronavirus infection.

A number of officials, whose functions are not connected with customs registration and control transferred to the remote form of professional performance. Officials operating at border crossing points, provided with means of individual protection. Masks, gloves, disinfectant solutions are required to be used by employees who have contact with crossing the border by drivers of vehicles. The heads of all structural subdivisions of the customs carry out daily monitoring of the health status of subordinate officials.

Nikolai Fomin,
the press-Secretary of Karelian customs