In South Ossetia, 98 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in a day, the chief sanitary doctor of the Republic Marina Kochieva told IA “Res”
“98 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been detected in South Ossetia in a day. In total, since the day the restrictions on the border with the Russian Federation were lifted (September 15), 678 citizens fell ill,” said Kochieva.
For the entire time of the pandemic in South Ossetia, 768 people fell ill. In addition, doctors removed from the register two more citizens who had previously suffered from coronavirus. Their latest tests have twice shown a negative result, so, the total number of the recovered from COVID-19 is 33
The chief sanitary doctor of the Republic has noted that in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the population must adhere to the mask regime, at the first symptoms of the disease, do not self-medicate, but call a doctor at home.
Since April of this year, more than 7 people were tested for COVID-19 in the PCR laboratory of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee. In the Republic, all secondary schools and educational institutions are closed for two weeks due to cases of coronavirus and seasonal SARS and influenza.
In addition, on behalf of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, the Defense Ministry of the Republic sent a letter to the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation with a request to send a military field hospital to the Republic, which will be designed for 150 beds.
On October 27, a military field hospital with 150 beds arrived in Tskhinval to treat patients with coronavirus infection. To combat COVID-19, it has everything you need: ventilators, intensive observation monitors, X-ray machines, ultrasounds, blood analyzers and a PCR laboratory.
