Among the 18 states in which there are still no confirmed cases of coronavirus, South Ossetia is included. According to experts, all countries lacking COVID-19 are located in the Eastern Hemisphere. Moreover, in some cases, the absence of confirmed episodes of coronavirus infection is associated with state policy or a poorly developed healthcare system, writes Krylya TV.
South Ossetian Cabinet on Friday Extends Restrictive Measures
An extraordinary meeting of the government was held on Friday, the issue of extending the deadlines for restrictive measures related to countering the coronavirus infection COVID-19 was put on the agenda.
As of the morning of April 17, another 31 people were removed from self-isolation, so 85 people remain at home isolation (a day before there were 116), said Anna Gagloeva, Deputy chief sanitary officer of the Republic, to IA “Res ".
According to the data at 9:00 on April 15, 165 people are undergoing self-isolation throughout the Republic, said Marina Kochieva, chief sanitary officer of South Ossetia, to IA “Res ".
The head of the South Ossetian Committee for Consumer Rights Protection has added that 19 people are quarantined in hospital conditions under the supervision of doctors.
A native of South Ossetia living in Moscow, Alexander Zasseev, told the Res agency about quarantine measures in the Russian capital. As Zasseev noted, the threat of coronavirus infection is a reality.
Due to the temporary restrictive measures aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19, which was introduced in South Ossetia in accordance with a government decree of April 10 “On a special procedure for crossing the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia through the multilateral checkpoint Ruck”, the Consular Agency of the Republic in Vladikavkaz was instructed to switch to special regime of service, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic told IA “Res “.
As of April 13, 176 people are under medical supervision in South Ossetia, six of them under stationary conditions, said Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South-Ossetian Committee for Consumer Rights Protection.
According to her, in South Ossetia there is not a single case of coronavirus infection, but there are people who are in quarantine. “Of the six people in hospitals, five are in the isolation ward of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center in Tskhinval, and one is in the Znaur District hospital,” Gagloeva noted.
The State Security Committee of South Ossetia on Monday reported on 41 violators of the state border of the Republic in a month.
"In March 2020, 41 violators of established legal regimes were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia (38 in February), of which 5 were violators of the state border regime and 36 were violators of the border regime," the KGB notes.
The Border Service of the State Security Committee of the Republic on each fact of violation of legal regimes conducted proceedings.
On Sunday, Orthodox believers are celebrating the Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem, known as Palm Sunday. This year, due to the threat of coronavirus infection, the holiday services will be held with a minimal number of parishioners. The church recommended the parishioners to refrain from visiting churches on pre-Easter and Easter days until the restrictions imposed by the authorities are lifted. Festive services in all the churches of Ossetia will be held on Sunday.
The number of citizens in South Ossetia who are self-insulated at home and in the hospital per day has decreased. According to data on April 11, 438 people remain on self-isolation at home, said Anna Gagloeva, the Republic’s Deputy sanitary doctor, to IA “Res”.
"Three people are still under the supervision of medical workers in hospitals, two of them are in the capital and one is in the Znaur hospital. Another one was discharged from the Tskhinvali hospital the day before, " Gagloeva said.