Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

Over the past weekend, there are no new laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Ossetia, Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Republic Marina Kochieva told IA "Res" on Monday.

Five people with a confirmed diagnosis of a new coronavirus infection are undergoing treatment in the "red zone", two more were discharged from the infectious diseases hospital on Friday, and another 7 are being treated on an outpatient basis.

Since April this year, more than 5.6 thousand tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in the laboratory of the Committee.

Two new cases of coronavirus have been laboratory confirmed in South Ossetia in a day, 14 since the day the restrictions on the border with Russia were lifted (September 15), the Republic’s chief sanitary doctor Marina Kochieva told IA "Res" on Saturday.

"Of the 23 tests conducted, two showed a positive result," Kochieva clarified.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov and First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Mikhail Babich, accompanied by South Ossetian officials and members of the Russian delegation, inspected the Investment Program facilities in Tskhinval, including the operating and surgical building of the Republican hospital, the children's Republican hospital, the Republican maternity hospital, the university complex (put into operation), etc.

The Investment Program for promoting socio-economic development of South Ossetia for 2021-2023 should take into account the interests of the Republic as much as possible, said First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Mikhail Babich at the meeting on socio-economic cooperation between South Ossetia and Russia.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov said at a meeting with First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Mikhail Babich that the Investment Program to promote socio-economic development of South Ossetia would be completed by the end of the year by 100 percent.

First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Mikhail Babich will inspect the facilities of the Investment Program during his two-day visit to South Ossetia.

The Armenian community of South Ossetia made a statement in connection with the aggravation of the situation in the zone of the Karabakh conflict.

"We, representatives Of the Armenian community of the Republic of South Ossetia, have received with deep regret the news of the treacherous attack and the unleashing of large-scale military operations against our people in Artsakh, launched on September 27, 2020 by the armed forces of Azerbaijan with the most active support of Turkey," the statement adopted at the community meeting reads.

South Ossetia is the independent state and will be developing in its own way, ”Amiran Dyakonov, head of the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Religion and Media, said in a comment to the IA “Res”, responding to the statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about supporting the territorial integrity of Georgia, its sovereignty within internationally recognized borders.

“It is clear that for the NATO countries Georgia is an instrument of their geopolitical ambitions. The question is that South Ossetia has not been a part of Georgia for a long time,”Dyakonov said.

On the Victory and Independence Day of the Republic of Abkhazia, acting Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev took part in a solemn ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers at the memorial to the fallen warriors in Sukhum, the press service of the Republic's Foreign Ministry reports.

The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Andrei Tskhovrebov received on Wednesday the Ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia Alan Elbakiev on the occasion of the state holiday - the Day of Victory and Independence, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic reports.