Archive - 20/5/2020

South Ossetia intends to continue to appeal to the world community with a demand to recognize the fact of the genocide of the Ossetian people, said President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov at a mourning event dedicated to the 28th anniversary of the Zar tragedy. About 300 people laid flowers and wreaths at the monument to the victims of the tragedy in the village of Zar in the Tskhinval district on Wednesday; a minute of silence was observed in memory of the victims..

Almost three decades separate us from this mournful date. But even today, the human mind cannot comprehend the monstrous crime that took place on the Zar road, said the Chairman of the Government of South Ossetia, Eric Pukhaev, speaking at a commemorative event dedicated to the 28th anniversary of the Zar tragedy,

"Every year, with a feeling of deep sorrow, we rise to the Zar memorial to honor the memory of our compatriots who became victims of the Georgian fascism.

For the fourth day in South Ossetia, there have been no new cases of coronavirus infection, 115 tests (935 in total) were conducted the day before, all of them are negative, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA "Res" on Wednesday.

Thus, on the morning of May 20, 34 cases of patients with COVID-19 were laboratory-confirmed in the Republic, all of them are under medical supervision.

In, total 248 people are under two week- quarantine, 172 in medical institutions of the Republic.

In South Ossetia have been recovered 2 out of 34 citizens who had laboratory-confirmed COVID-19.

As reported to IA Res by the press service of the Ministry of Health of South Ossetia, “the condition of the remaining patients is stable, many of them have lack temperature. Patients are under close medical attention,”.

Today, 87 people, citizens of the Republic who were under two-week quarantine in the Republican Medical Center and in the village of Dzau, have left medical facilities of South Ossetia.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov discussed on Wednesday with the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin the situation related to the spread of coronavirus infection, as well as the transfer of humanitarian supplies to South Ossetia to take measures to counter the spread of COVID-19.

According to the presidential press service, during the telephone conversation, the main topic of the talks was the transfer of humanitarian aid to South Ossetia to fight the coronavirus. "