Archive - 19/12/2020

As of the morning of December 19, 69 patients with COVID-19 are being treated in the "red zones" of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center (RMMC) of South Ossetia. This was reported on Saturday to IA "Res" by the chief infectious disease specialist of the Republic, Eleonora Dzhioeva.

“Currently, there are 39 patients in the infectious diseases building of the RMMC, and 30 in the building of the children's hospital,” the doctor said. No fatal cases were recorded in a day.

As part of humanitarian aid, several tons of charitable cargo were sent to South Ossetia from the Voronezh region, the press service of the RSO Embassy in the Russian Federation reports.

“The cargo has already been delivered to the South Ossetian Embassy in Russia and contains personal protective equipment and antiseptic agents for medical institutions in the RSO. In particular: medical masks, disposable overalls, antiseptic, medical respirators, medicines, oxygen canisters, protective goggles, etc.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov took part in the event at the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia in South Ossetia, timed to coincide with the Day of the employee of the state security bodies of the Russian Federation, the press service of the head of state reports.

The event was attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the RSO Marat Kulakhmetov, the Chairman of the KGB of the RSO Oleg Shiran.

Issues of the ICRC humanitarian assistance to the population of South Ossetia in the context of the fight against the pandemic, primarily to residents of the territories bordering Georgia, were discussed on Friday at the meeting of the RSO Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for Post-Conflict Settlement Murat Dzhioev and Presidential Ombudsman Inal Tasoev with the head of the ICRC Office in the Republic Carmen Echezaretta.