"A decision has been made to adopt a 'second package' of measures that will temporarily ban exports of certain food products from the EAEU ... until 30 June", the Eurasian Economic Commission said in a statement.
Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia are suspending exports of onions, garlic, turnips, wheat, rice, buckwheat and buckwheat products, millet, coarse whole wheat flour, soybeans, and sunflower seeds.
So far, Russia has registered over 2,300 cases of COVID-19, Belarus has slightly more than 150 coronavirus cases, Kazakhstan has reported over 320 infections, and in Armenia, the number of people infected with COVID-19 has surpassed 530.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus worldwide has reached 846,100.
