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An extremely difficult situation has recently developed in South Ossetia due to the spread of coronavirus infection. The total number of infected has exceeded a thousand people, and the situation continues to deteriorate. Most of the sick are treated on an outpatient basis. Only the most seriously ill are in hospitals.

In response to the request of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Russian Federation sent its military hospital here; in addition, doctors from St. Petersburg and Voronezh arrived to help their South Ossetian colleagues.

Over the weekend, 193 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the PCR laboratory of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee; there are 61 new cases of COVID-19 infection, in total 8754 people have been tested over the entire period of the pandemic, Marina Kochieva, the Republic's chief sanitary doctor, told IA "Res ".

“The total number of cases since mid-September is 1282,172 people have recovered. To date, 1110 people are under medical supervision,” Kochieva said.

As of the morning of November 8, In the "red zone" of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center (RMMC) of South Ossetia, 183 patients are being treated, another 71 are being treated in the Russian military hospital in Tskhinval, the chief infectious disease specialist of the Republic Eleonora Dzhioeva informed IA "Res "on Sunday

As of the morning of November 7, 188 people are in the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center (RMMC) of South Ossetia in the "red zone", 69 more patients are being treated at the Russian military hospital in Tskhinval, the chief infectious disease specialist of the Republic Eleonora Dzhioeva informed IA "Res ".

During the day, 125 studies were carried out in the PCR laboratory of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee; 41 were new cases of COVID-19 infection, in total, 1221 people fell ill during the opening of the border with the Russia (September 15), the Republic's chief sanitary doctor Marina Kochieva told IA "Res".

“Another 21 people have been removed from the register of doctors, and 155 patients have recovered since mid-September,” Kochieva said.

Specialists from the Stavropol Anti-Plague Institute have been working in South Ossetia for several days, said Marina Kochieva, head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee.

According to her, Russian colleagues are providing assistance to local specialists within the framework of cooperation between the South-Ossetian and Russian Consumer Supervision Committees

On Friday Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko discussed with the co-chairs of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia – the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar and the OSCE Representative for the South Caucasus Rudolf Mikhalka security issues in the region, in particular the situation in the Georgian-Abkhaz and Georgian-South Ossetian borders.

228 patients are undergoing treatment for coronavirus in medical institutions of the Republic, of whom 189 are treated at the RMMC in Tskhinval, 134 people have recovered

During the day, 206 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the PCR laboratory of South Ossetia; 61 tests showed a positive result, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee told IA "Res".

A well-known South Ossetian powerlifter Sarmat Ikaev will perform at the European Cup. The athlete himself informed the IA "Res" about it.

The sporting event will take place on December 12 in Novorossiysk. Now the athlete is undergoing training in South Ossetia.

“Recently there was a training camp in Kislovodsk, I got sick, and it knocked me out of my usual sports form a little, but now everything is fine. I am diligently preparing for competitions, I am training in a sports school in Tskhinval,” Ikaev noted.

In South Ossetia, 183 people have been tested for COVID-1; 68 tests showed a positive result, the Republic's chief sanitary doctor Marina Kochieva told IA "Res".

“68 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been detected in South Ossetia in a day. 9 people were discharged from the medical institutions in a day, in total, 92 people have recovered since mid-September,” Kochieva said.