President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov appealed to fellow citizens to remain calm and not give in to panic. The head of state wrote about this on his page on the social network Facebook.
"Dear fellow citizens! Unfortunately, GOVID-19 did not bypass our South Ossetia! The measures taken today have allowed to identify this virus in quarantined persons! A big request, the most important thing is not to panic!", The head of state noted.
The ban also applies to trucks
The border of South Ossetia with the Russian Federation will be closed from 00.00 hours May 10, 2020 to 23.59 hours May 17, 2020. According to the press service of the head of state, such a decision was made at a meeting of the operational headquarters to counteract the coronavirus infection COVID-19.
A temporary ban on border crossing applies to all citizens without exception. The ban also applies to trucks.
Two more cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in South Ossetia, said Marina Kochieva, the main sanitary doctor, to IA "Res ".
In the morning at a meeting of the operational headquarters on May 6, t was announced the first case of coronavirus infection.
Two more cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed among residents of South Ossetia who arrived in Tskhinval the day before, May 5.
In South Ossetia, the first case of coronavirus infection was detected in a man who entered the republic on April 30 from the Russian Federation.
"He was in quarantine, after which he had a fever, a test was carried out and it turned out to be positive, the man was isolated in a separate box in the infectious diseases hospital," said the chief sanitary doctor Marina Kochieva at a headquarters meeting.
She has emphasized that all security measures are being taken, everyone with whom he contacted will be isolated.