Archive - 22/10/2020

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu instructed to promptly deploy a multifunctional mobile hospital in South Ossetia to assist in the fight against coronavirus.

"At the request of South Ossetia, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief decided to deploy a mobile hospital in Tskhinval. I ask you to start this work today," Shoigu said on Thursday at the meeting on measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The head of the Russian military department set the task to deploy a hospital in South Ossetia as soon as possible.

On behalf of the President Anatoly Bibilov the Defense Ministry of the Republic of South Ossetia sent a letter to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with a request to send a military field hospital to the Republic.

The number of people infected with coronavirus in South Ossetia in a day was 25. As reported to IA "Res" by chief sanitary doctor of the Republic Marina Kochieva, the total number of the infected has increased to 272 people.

“25 Tests for COVID-19 in South Ossetia have shown a positive result. In total, 272 citizens fell ill in the Republic, of which 14 peoplerecovered and were discharged from the medical institutions,”Kochieva said.