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The condition of 30 patients with coronavirus located in the isolation ward in Tskhinval is stable, the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Republic told IA "Res". As noted, the patients with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 are being treated with antiviral drugs recommended by the Russian Ministry of Health.

"The temperature of several patients does not exceed 37.2. The rest have no temperature at all. No pneumonia was detected among these patients," the press service said.

Over the past day in South Ossetia there are no detected cases of coronavirus. Thus, on the morning of May 15, 30 cases of COVID-19 cases were laboratory-confirmed in the Republic, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South- Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA “Res” on Friday.

Ministry of Health and Social Development of South Ossetia told about the condition of patients with coronavirus infection.

On the morning of May 14, 30 cases of coronavirus infection with COVID-19 were laboratory-confirmed in the Republic.

"The condition of the patients is satisfactory, among them there are no patients with high fever, they are being given antiviral and symptomatic therapy," the press service of the Ministry of Health said.

They clarified that the disease in patients is proceeding in a mild form.

South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov signed an instrument of ratification confirming that the South Ossetian side has conducted internal procedures for the Republic of South Ossetia to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Convention to Combat Extremism, the press service of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry reported.

Earlier on March 20, the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia ratified the Law of the Republic of South Ossetia “On the Accession of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Convention of the Shanghai Organization for Combating Extremism”.

Over the past day, South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee conducted 48 tests (568 in total), of which 5 gave a positive result for coronavirus, all the rest were negative. Thus, on the morning of May 14, 30 cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection were confirmed in the laboratory of the Republic, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Сcommittee, told IA "Res" on Thursday.

Another videoconference of participants of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva international security discussions in Transcaucasia with the co-chairs and co – moderators of the discussions - representatives of the UN, OSCE and the European Union-took place on Wednesday, the office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary for post-conflict settlement reported.

As noted by the department, during the video conference there was a discussion of the situation in connection with the coronavirus epidemic.

The intensive care unit of the South Ossetian multidisciplinary medical center received humanitarian aid in the form of consumables for ventilators from the head of the branch of “Intersedzhikal " firms from Moscow Georgy Parastaev, the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Republic told IA Res.

According to the chief anesthesiologist-resuscitator Alexander Pliev, the help received will be enough for the department for several years.

Over the past day, South conducted 24 tests for coronavirus, two of them turned out to be positive, all the rest were negative. Thus, on the morning of May 13, 25 cases of COVID-19 infection were registered in the Republic, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South-Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA "Res " on Wednesday.

"The coronavirus was laboratory confirmed in a student of the Russian military university and a citizen of the Republic who arrived via the Foreign Ministry. They were in quarantine," Gagloeva said.

Ministry of Health and Social Development of South Ossetia, by order of President Anatoly Bibilov, provided the Fund with humanitarian aid in the form of food for the wounded who became disabled during the fighting in South Ossetia from 1989 to 2008.,” said Madina Plieva, head of the Fund.

Agreements signed in Moscow on the procedure for providing financial assistance and support for investment activities, as well as on the procedure for providing financial assistance for socio-economic development are of great importance for South Ossetia, said President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov.

“The implementation of the provisions of the signed documents is directly related to improving the quality of life of residents of the Republic,” said Anatoly Bibilov in a comment to IA “Res.”