Archive - 2020

A well-known South Ossetian powerlifter Sarmat Ikaev will perform at the European Cup. The athlete himself informed the IA "Res" about it.

The sporting event will take place on December 12 in Novorossiysk. Now the athlete is undergoing training in South Ossetia.

“Recently there was a training camp in Kislovodsk, I got sick, and it knocked me out of my usual sports form a little, but now everything is fine. I am diligently preparing for competitions, I am training in a sports school in Tskhinval,” Ikaev noted.

In South Ossetia, 183 people have been tested for COVID-1; 68 tests showed a positive result, the Republic's chief sanitary doctor Marina Kochieva told IA "Res".

“68 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been detected in South Ossetia in a day. 9 people were discharged from the medical institutions in a day, in total, 92 people have recovered since mid-September,” Kochieva said.

The work of medical workers cannot be overestimated, since the lives of people in trouble often depend on them, - says the head of The Fund for support of the wounded who became disabled during the fighting on the territory of South Ossetia from 1989 to 2008.

193 people with radiologically confirmed viral pneumonia are being treated in the "red zone" of the Republican Multidisciplinary Center in Tskhinval, the head physician of the RMMC Indira Bichenova told IA "Res"

“There are 193 people with pneumonia in the RMMC, 11 people are in critical condition in intensive care, 54 patients undergo treatment in the military field hospital,” Bichenova said.

It should be noted that two patients aged 67-68 years also died in a day, the patients had bilateral pneumonia, in total, to date, there are 14 deaths.

Acting Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea under the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov discussed the practical implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation, signed on 18 April 2019 in Yalta.

In the "red zone" of the medical buildings of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center (RMMC) of South Ossetia, 206 people with bilateral viral pneumonia are being treated, 46 patients are being treated in the Russian military hospital in Tskhinval. This was reported to IA "Res" by the chief infectious disease specialist of the Republic, Eleonora Dzhioeva.

Two multidisciplinary mobile hospitals are deployed in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

More than 1,000 military doctors are involved in the treatment of coronavirus infection among civilians in Russia and abroad. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a conference call on Tuesday.

"In total, 1,011 military doctors are involved in providing assistance in the treatment of the civilian population from COVID-19 in the country and abroad. Our specialists successfully carry out hard, socially significant work," Shoigu said.

In South Ossetia, on the invitation of the Health Ministry of the Republic in coordination with the relevant Russian department, there are doctors from St. Petersburg, said the Health Minister of the Republic Georgy Totchiev.

“Russian specialists from the Pavlov St. Petersburg Medical University are participating in the work of the reception and triage center for patients with coronavirus. Among them are an anesthesiologist-resuscitator and two specialized specialists who have experience in the first wave of COVID-19,” the Minister said.

Military doctors of the Western Military District continue to receive patients and carry out medical and diagnostic measures at the mobile multidisciplinary hospital deployed in Tskhinval.

According to the press service of the Southern Military District, 32 patients are currently being treated in the hospital - citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia with a confirmed diagnosis of a new coronavirus infection.

They are receiving full treatment.

There are no representatives of the Ossetian diaspora among the victims of the earthquake in Turkey, Ramzi Kanukov, the authorized representative of South Ossetia in Turkey, told IA "Res".

“The earthquake was strong; the city of Izmir was badly damaged. There were people among the rubble, a large number of people were injured, and there are also victims. As far as we know, there are no Ossetians among the victims of the earthquake,” Kanukov said.