South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov is on a working trip to the Russian Federation, his press service reported.
"In Moscow, Anatoly Bibilov has planned a number of meetings with Russian officials to discuss issues of socio-economic cooperation between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, as well as interaction in the fight against coronavirus infection," the statement said.
The day before, 165 studies on COVID-19 were conducted in South Ossetia, 35 of which gave a positive result. Thus, the number of patients with coronavirus in the Кepublic has increased to 1582.
Under the supervision of doctors with a positive test result, 1284 people are on outpatient and inpatient treatment, 288 were removed from the register.
In total, 9709 studies were carried out in the laboratory during the pandemic.
The head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee Marina Kochieva has noted, that in total, 1,672 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the Republic during the pandemic, 1,582 were detected in the last two months - after the restrictions on the border with the Russian Federation were lifted, and 90 - before that, among those who were on mandatory two-week quarantine in medical institutions. and they all recovered.
Today, 173 patients with coronavirus are being treated in medical institutions of the Republic.
South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee has previously introduced a mandatory mask regime in public places in order to counter the spread of coronavirus. All educational institutions of the republic are closed for quarantine, except for certain primary classes and groups in kindergartens. The functioning of secondary, secondary vocational and higher educational institutions, children's institutions of additional education, children's entertainment centers, attractions, computer clubs, physical culture and sports facilities has been suspended.
Cultural, sports and entertainment events, weddings and other celebrations have also been suspended. On Friday, the operational staff of the Republic extended these restrictive measures until December 15.
