Shoigu said that to counter COVID-19 in the Armed forces has formed a group of more than 30 thousand people and four thousand units of military and special equipment. The work is coordinated by the operational headquarters of the Ministry. The main task of the command is to preserve the health of soldiers and officers, and to prevent disease outbreaks among troops and civilian personnel of the army and Navy. To do this in the army and the institutions of the Ministry of defense organized a so-called preventive testing for the presence of coronavirus.
in addition, provide necessary medical care to anyone with signs COVID-19 or acute respiratory diseases. And even those who stayed in contact. Such assistance given, in particular, nine students of the Military University, 31, who is in Moscow a graduate of the Nakhimov naval Academy, 14 servicemen and one civilian employee of the Tyumen higher military engineering command school, a number of students of foreign faculty and 55 cadets of the Military medical Academy in St. Petersburg.
a Separate discussion of military assistance to the regional authorities of Russia. Shoigu said that the Armed forces established a reserve of 17 Interservice five of the twelve brigade and regimental. The Minister did not specify who was included. But, apparently, we are talking not only about military doctors, but professionals in the field of biological protection and other specialists.
Some military are already active in the epicenters of the disease. Thus, of the formed the defence 65 intensive care medical and nursing teams of twenty are now working in clinics of Moscow. “To receive infected patients prepared 32 hospital,” – said Shoigu. In addition, throughout the country have been deployed and are working round-the-clock operational headquarters, supervising the construction of 15 integrated health centres. The Minister reminded that they will be put into operation until mid-may. The head of the Main military medical Directorate Dmitry Trishkin reported: “Today, for 38 days on the basis of branch of military hospital named after Vishnevsky in Odintsovo completed construction of a second multi-purpose medical center with 100 beds, a total area of over 6600 square meters.” This object is ready to work.
Army chemists conduct disinfection of military infrastructure and enterprises of the military-industrial complex. “Only at the Chkalovsky airfield March 23, the treated 94 aircraft and 932 tons of cargo”, – said the Minister. The same work at the request of local authorities is carried out on civilian targets – hospitals, schools and kindergartens, shops, streets and public transport.
And more than two hundred Russian military men and 50 units of special equipment are involved in the provision of assistance andforeign States. With COVID-19 they have been fighting in Italy, Serbia, and other countries.
