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Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev has received the newly appointed head of the representative office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia Carmen Echezarreta.

As noted by the Envoy`s Office, during the conversation, were discussed issues of the ICRC’s humanitarian activities in the current conditions in South Ossetia, especially in the areas bordering Georgia.

The next group of South Ossetian citizens who arrived in the Republic 10 days ago was tested for coronavirus, they all showed a negative result, there are no cases of coronavirus infection in the Republic,” said Marina Kochieva, head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, to IA “Res”.

“On Saturday, tests were carried out in our laboratory for a third group of citizens who are quarantined for 10 days, which is 13 people who arrived from Russia on April 23. The test results are all negative,” Kochieva said.

While the authorities and the opposition in Georgia are arguing about the number of cases, the total quarantine methods used in Georgia have caused a series of hunger riots in Marneuli, Bolnisi, Caspi, Khashur districts, Adjara and other regions, a member of the expert council under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Yuri Vazagov noted during a briefing in Tskhinval.

Yuri Vazagov, member of the expert council at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, held a press briefing in Tskhinval for journalists: “Georgia in a pandemic: problems and prospects.”

As noted by Vazagov, the coronavirus pandemic that swept Georgia, revealed a number of persistent trends caused by both domestic and foreign policy factors.

The Georgian authorities are concerned about the denial of accusations against the Lugar laboratory, built with American money and serving primarily Pentagon contractors, and are trying to defend the laboratory’s image, said Yuri Vazagov, a member of the expert council at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, during a briefing.

In the capital of South Ossetia, a briefing will be held for journalists by a member of the expert council under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Yuri Vazagov, on the topic: "Georgia in a pandemic: problems and prospects."

As noted by Yury Vazagov in his comments to IA “Res”, the briefing will discuss the most pressing issues of the current situation in the neighboring republic.

South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov instructed the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee to "be prepared for any development of the situation."

Medical facilities that provide outpatient and inpatient care, and provide emergency medical care, are instructed to ensure readiness to receive and promptly provide assistance to patients with respiratory symptoms, taking biological material from patients for examination for coronavirus infection COVID-19.

The government of South Ossetia on Thursday adopted a new resolution providing for the extension of the state border crossing procedure from April 10 through the multilateral checkpoint "Ruck" on the border with Russia until 23.59 minutesб May 31, 2020. Previously, the ban on crossing the state border through the checkpoint "Ruck" was valid until May 1.

The decision notes that all measures taken are subject to special circumstances and are exclusively temporary.

There have not been registered cases of coronavirus in South Ossetia on the morning of April 30, Marina Kochieva, head of the South Ossetian Committee for Consumer Rights Supervision told IA "Res."

" A of April 30, in the hospital facilities of South Ossetia, there are 44 people under the supervision of doctors, three people remain on self-isolation," she said.

The people of South Ossetia suffered a bereavement: one of the Heroes of the Republic passed away, her fearless defender Alan Sanakoev (Parchi).