Russian authorities have dug a trench around a remote Siberian village to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.
Dozens of residents in Shuluta have contracted the virus after taking part in a shaman ritual performed by an infected woman.
The trench was dug to stop tourists driving through the village to the nearby Tunka National Park as well as ensuring residents stayed put.
Some of the people in the town are skeptical about the virus saying they don't believe they can be infected without symptoms, reports Reuters.
Shuluta has 37 confirmed cases out of its 390 residents.
The only road out of the village is patrolled by local officials and the Russian national guard allows only food and ambulances into the village.
Russia's official coronavirus case tally, the fourth largest in the world, rose to 687,862 on Monday.
