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For the first time since November last year, South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee detected 43 new cases of coronavirus (27 were detected last Friday), the incidence continues to grow in the Republic, the head of the department Marina Kochieva told the IA "Res" on Monday.

Based on the results of tests conducted on Friday evening, out of 152 samples, 43 showed a positive result. New data for Monday will be known only on Tuesday morning.

The bronze medalist of the European Freestyle Wrestling Championship Arsamag Zasseev returned to Tskhinval. The wrestler was met on the theater square by friends, relatives and his coach Tamerlan Kochiev.

As noted by press service of the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports, Arsamag Zasseev took third place at the European Championship among juniors under 21 years old. An athlete of the South Ossetian wrestling school competed in the heaviest weight class (125 kg).

South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee detected 27 new cases of coronavirus in a day (19 a day earlier), the incidence in the Republic is growing, the head of the department Marina Kochieva told the IA "Res," on Friday.

According to the results of the tests, out of 128 samples, 27 showed a positive result.

"The epidemiological situation has worsened, of course it is necessary to observe safety measures - mask regime, social distance, avoid attending mass events. All this is very important," said the chief sanitary doctor.

The South Ossetian delegation declared once again in Geneva about the need to adopt a document, which should become an important step to ensure durable security guarantees for South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia, according to the press service of the office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement.

A boxer from South Ossetia Guram Gagiev will perform at the world championship, the athlete's coach Atsamaz Dzigoev told the IA "Res". As noted by Dzigoev, on Thursday they will go to the competition, which will be held from July 1 to 12 in Tbilisi.

“Guram was qualified for the competition thanks to his victory in the European Championship. But nevertheless, he additionally went through sparring, where the choice also fell on him,” said Dzigoev.

According to the coach, they were training intensively and will try to win.

The delegations of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia, following the results of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia, issued a joint statement in which they declare the politicization of the refugee problem by Georgia.

On June 29, 2021, the remains of Anatoly Archilovich Khodov, a resident of the village of Khod in Tskhinvali district of the Republic of South Ossetia, who had been listed missing since 2009, were handed over to his family for burial. Inal Tasoev, Presidential Commissioner of South Ossetia for human rights, reported to the IA "Res".

Representatives of South Ossetia will take part in the work of the International Youth Forum of Russian Compatriots Living Abroad for the first time, Valentina Gatikoeva, Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports of the Republic, told the IA" Res".

She has noted that the event will be held from July 29 to August 6 in Moscow, Samara and Volgograd regions.

The South Ossetian party intends to look for ways to prepare a document on the non-use of force at the talks in Geneva, said Presidential Envoy, head of the South Ossetian delegation in Geneva, Murat Dzhioev.

The Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia will start on June 29-30 and will last for two days.

South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee reported on new data on coronavirus disease recorded over the weekend.

As reported to the IA "Res" on Monday, by the head of. the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee Marina Kochieva, according to the results of the tests carried out on Friday evening, from 60 samples, 13 showed a positive result.

"To date, 68 people remain under the supervision of doctors," Kochieva said.