A native of South Ossetia living in Moscow, Alexander Zasseev, told the Res agency about quarantine measures in the Russian capital. As Zasseev noted, the threat of coronavirus infection is a reality.
Due to the temporary restrictive measures aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19, which was introduced in South Ossetia in accordance with a government decree of April 10 “On a special procedure for crossing the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia through the multilateral checkpoint Ruck”, the Consular Agency of the Republic in Vladikavkaz was instructed to switch to special regime of service, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic told IA “Res “.
As of April 13, 176 people are under medical supervision in South Ossetia, six of them under stationary conditions, said Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South-Ossetian Committee for Consumer Rights Protection.
According to her, in South Ossetia there is not a single case of coronavirus infection, but there are people who are in quarantine. “Of the six people in hospitals, five are in the isolation ward of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center in Tskhinval, and one is in the Znaur District hospital,” Gagloeva noted.
The State Security Committee of South Ossetia on Monday reported on 41 violators of the state border of the Republic in a month.
"In March 2020, 41 violators of established legal regimes were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia (38 in February), of which 5 were violators of the state border regime and 36 were violators of the border regime," the KGB notes.
The Border Service of the State Security Committee of the Republic on each fact of violation of legal regimes conducted proceedings.
On Sunday, Orthodox believers are celebrating the Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem, known as Palm Sunday. This year, due to the threat of coronavirus infection, the holiday services will be held with a minimal number of parishioners. The church recommended the parishioners to refrain from visiting churches on pre-Easter and Easter days until the restrictions imposed by the authorities are lifted. Festive services in all the churches of Ossetia will be held on Sunday.
The number of citizens in South Ossetia who are self-insulated at home and in the hospital per day has decreased. According to data on April 11, 438 people remain on self-isolation at home, said Anna Gagloeva, the Republic’s Deputy sanitary doctor, to IA “Res”.
"Three people are still under the supervision of medical workers in hospitals, two of them are in the capital and one is in the Znaur hospital. Another one was discharged from the Tskhinvali hospital the day before, " Gagloeva said.
The operational headquarters of South Ossetia for countering coronavirus infection will develop conditions for quarantine at the hospital for those citizens of the Republic who are outside and want to come home. In particular, at a meeting of the staff on Friday, April 10, chief sanitary doctor Marina Kochieva proposed to organize hospital wards under quarantine with the provision of food, hygiene items and free Internet to all citizens who are going to come to South Ossetia from Russia.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia posted on the official website of the department the information for citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia returning from their business trips, private trips, as well as students of Russian universities entering the country on vacation.
Despite the current restrictions related to measures to counteract the spread of coronavirus infection and repeatedly provided information about the possible negative consequences if it penetrates the territory of the Republic, the KGB of South Ossetia records an increase in smuggling activities across the state border with Georgia.
Crossing the border of the Republic through the checkpoint "Ruck" will be carried out only from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The government of South Ossetia, in order to ensure the sanitary-epidemiological situation in the Republic, adopted on Friday a new resolution to restrict the passage through the border with Russia from 00:00 April 13 to 23.59 May 1. Crossing the border of the Republic through the checkpoint "Ruck" will be carried out only from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The meeting is chaired by President Anatoly Bibilov.
