Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

In South Ossetia, the first case of coronavirus infection was detected in a man who entered the republic on April 30 from the Russian Federation.

"He was in quarantine, after which he had a fever, a test was carried out and it turned out to be positive, the man was isolated in a separate box in the infectious diseases hospital," said the chief sanitary doctor Marina Kochieva at a headquarters meeting.

She has emphasized that all security measures are being taken, everyone with whom he contacted will be isolated.

According to the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, 84 people are in quarantine on the morning of May 5 in South Ossetia. According to the chief sanitary doctor of the Republic, Marina Kochieva, 77 people are under medical supervision.

“Of these, 36 people are under the supervision of doctors in the isolation ward of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center in Tskhinval, in the isolation ward - 16 and in the hospital of the village of Dzau - 25 people, “said Kochieva to IA “Res “.

A working meeting between the Interior Minister Igor Naniev and Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev took place on Monday at the Republic’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the press service of the department, the meeting was attended by the director of the information and coordination center of the internal affairs bodies of South Ossetia and Russia Alan Bolataev, the head of the department of legal support and international cooperation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Artur Siukaev.

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev has received the newly appointed head of the representative office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia Carmen Echezarreta.

As noted by the Envoy`s Office, during the conversation, were discussed issues of the ICRC’s humanitarian activities in the current conditions in South Ossetia, especially in the areas bordering Georgia.

The next group of South Ossetian citizens who arrived in the Republic 10 days ago was tested for coronavirus, they all showed a negative result, there are no cases of coronavirus infection in the Republic,” said Marina Kochieva, head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, to IA “Res”.

“On Saturday, tests were carried out in our laboratory for a third group of citizens who are quarantined for 10 days, which is 13 people who arrived from Russia on April 23. The test results are all negative,” Kochieva said.

We, Ossetians, are deservedly proud of the heroism of our countrymen, who showed great miracles of courage and resourcefulness, defending their homeland in the Great Patriotic War. We are proud of the number of Heroes of the USSR and awarded with state awards for their exploits. Like a balm for the soul of each of us are the words of General Tyulenev, that "the word =the Ossetian proudly sounded on all fronts" of the war.

While the authorities and the opposition in Georgia are arguing about the number of cases, the total quarantine methods used in Georgia have caused a series of hunger riots in Marneuli, Bolnisi, Caspi, Khashur districts, Adjara and other regions, a member of the expert council under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Yuri Vazagov noted during a briefing in Tskhinval.

Yuri Vazagov, member of the expert council at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, held a press briefing in Tskhinval for journalists: “Georgia in a pandemic: problems and prospects.”

As noted by Vazagov, the coronavirus pandemic that swept Georgia, revealed a number of persistent trends caused by both domestic and foreign policy factors.

The Georgian authorities are concerned about the denial of accusations against the Lugar laboratory, built with American money and serving primarily Pentagon contractors, and are trying to defend the laboratory’s image, said Yuri Vazagov, a member of the expert council at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, during a briefing.

In the capital of South Ossetia, a briefing will be held for journalists by a member of the expert council under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Yuri Vazagov, on the topic: "Georgia in a pandemic: problems and prospects."

As noted by Yury Vazagov in his comments to IA “Res”, the briefing will discuss the most pressing issues of the current situation in the neighboring republic.