MOSCOW, 20 APR – RIA Novosti. Residents of North Ossetia came to an unauthorized rally in Vladikavkaz because of dissatisfaction with the regime of self-isolation.
the protesters left the head of the Republic Vyacheslav Bitarov. The authorities invited the audience to form an action group to continue negotiations.
Deputy of the Parliament of North Ossetia Dzambolat Tedeev then urged the protesters to go home, adding that all who need help.
the participants of the rally also addressed the state Duma Deputy Artur Taymazov, he recorded a video message which was distributed by the authorities of the Republic.
“When we talked about virus, coronavirus pandemic, people somehow became funny. It’s really a big problem, the trouble that goes around the world, but I didn’t want this trouble in some way touched our Republic. Today I want to appeal to young people, take care of their parents, take care of their grandparents, because today, our seniors are at risk”, he said.
As stated in the press service of the head and government of the region, the total number of protesters amounted to 200 people.
“police Officers demanded to follow a policy of self-isolation, was sounded the request to disperse. However, the crowd ignored the demands of law enforcement and went to the government house, sweeping away the cordons of police. People talked about the termination mode of isolation and the free movement, claiming that the virus is not dangerous”, – stated in the message.
Bitaraf met with representatives of the protesters at the government house, where he listened to all their requirements. He also stressed that the poor and what’s left of the pandemic without work, will continue to provide necessary assistance.
According to chief physician of the Republican clinical hospital of Astana Mitzeva, protesters created a powerful source of spread of coronavirus infection.
“what happened today in our small Republic, can be regarded as a disaster of national scale. People, without realizing that they are just used for political motives, personally came and made a powerful center spacing of coronavirus infection. In this crowd no distance has not been met, no one was wearing masks, and it only takes one infected person and the whole crowd will have a “contact”, he said.
Deputy head of the Department of Rospotrebnadzor in the region of Zarema Kabalova noted that after today’s events possible increase of infected COVID-19 in the Republic.
“Perhaps, after some time, a few days we will have a significant increase in infected, that is, we have a situation where we feared”, she said.
According to the latest statistics, in North Ossetia was 177 cases of infection coronavirus infection, this number is growing every day.
Only in Russia have revealed 47 of 121 patients with coronavirus.
Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.
