GENOA, April 24 – RIA Novosti. The Italian region of Piedmont needs the help of Russian military specialists in disinfection, particularly in the boarding houses for the elderly, as the threat of a new type of coronavirus remains, reported RIA Novosti assessor (regional government Minister) for transport, infrastructure and civil construction Marco Gabusi.
Earlier, the Russian Ambassador in Rome Sergey Razov said that the Russian Embassy has received from the Italian regions of Piedmont, Apulia and Friuli-Venezia Giulia requests for assistance from the Russian military to combat the spread of COVID-19.
“Absolutely (necessary – ed.). At the moment, the worst period has already passed. Although we started similar operations for disinfection with the Italian army, we would be proud of (to get help from Russia – ed.) and we still have the Russian division for these sanitary works to disinfect nursing home, so we will welcome them with open arms,” said Gabusi, answering the question whether and why this field help Russia.
in addition, the area will welcome help in the disinfection of public transport, as the country plans to gradually exit the isolation mode.
According to the latest civil defence service, in Piedmont was more than 23,8 thousand cases of infection with new coronavirus have died 2699 people.
“Now the situation is much better, the numbers drop sharply. We conduct a lot of tests, especially in nursing homes, where, of course, the numbers are still quite high, but even there the situation is completely different from what it was 15 days ago,” said Gabuza.
the Russian military doctors, epidemiologists and specialists of the troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Ministry of defense of Russia jointly with the Italian military has already carried out a complete disinfection of pensions for older people in more than 71 communities in the Lombardy region. Processed 79 buildings and structures, more than 600 thousand square meters of indoor facilities and more than 110 thousand square meters of paved road.
According to the latest data, the number of victims of coronavirus COVID-19 in Italy is 25 969 people, the total number of cases of infection during the whole period of the epidemic in the country, including the deceased and recovered, reached 192 994.
Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.
