Shoigu said the number of groups to fight COVID 19

Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held a meeting on combating the emergence and spread of cases of coronavirus infection. The defense Minister outlined the priorities to reduce the risk of disease.

the Meeting was held the day after, the defense Ministry dismissed the head of the Military medical Academy, former chief military physician, General Alexander Fisun. In his school, among the students of the special faculty, where foreigners identified infected individuals.

Before it was reported about the infection of a group of cadets of the Tyumen Institute of Nakhimov.

While the scale of the problem with the virus in our army such as, for example, in the U.S. army, where only one aircraft carrier “Theodore Roosevelt” found over 800 infected. And the total number of infected by thousands, has died.

But we can not relax. As the Minister said, to fight the virus abandoned the grouping of forces and means more than 30 thousand soldiers and 4,000 special machines. Coordinated by the operational headquarters of the Ministry of defence, headed by the first Deputy of Shoigu.

While the cause preemptive strikes. Is the mass testing of military and civilian personnel for new infection.

“We are taking the necessary steps to help anyone with signs of acute respiratory diseases and those who stayed in contact,” – said Sergei Shoigu.

there are large-scale disinfection of objects of military infrastructure and enterprises of the military-industrial complex. At Moscow Chkalovsky military airfield from March 23 processed 94 aircraft and 932 tons of cargo.

Our army is helping foreign countries in the fight against COVID-19. This involved more than 200 troops and 50 emergency vehicles.

the provision for aid to the regions. It’s 5 brigade and regimental 12 of the consolidated units. To receive ready infected 32 of the hospital.

Until may 15, the military builders will pass in different regions 16 infectious centers that are being built at an accelerated pace.

In turn, the head of the Main military medical Directorate of the defense Ministry Dmitry Trishkin reported that over 38 days on the basis of branch of military hospital named after Vishnevsky in Odintsovo built 2nd multifunctional medical center 100 beds, ready to receive infected with a coronavirus. In the state of 27 doctors