The scenario of the epidemic of coronavirus in Italy allowed Russia to prepare for the upcoming fight with COVID-19, said the chief doctor of the hospital in Kommunarka Denis Protsenko in the film, Anton Krasovsky for RT "the Doctors. The Council" from the project "Epidemic".
According to the latest figures, Russia has registered about 252 thousand cases of infection, 53 patients recovered, 2305 people died.
"Thank you Italy: she showed us all the threat," he said.
The medic stressed that it is too early to draw conclusions about the epidemic COVID-19, and urged not to make optimistic forecasts.
Also Protsenko noted that the healthcare system in Moscow, which alone accounted for half of cases, were ready for a large number of patients.
"we Do not question, who translate on a ventilator, and who translate, because there is no resource called a ventilator. In Moscow because of this there is no problem because we had time to prepare. But somehow the easier this part to ignore and start talking: "Yes, you are here conjure with statistics!" he concluded.
the publication of the FT and NYT
Earlier the Financial Times published an article which said that in Russia the death rate from coronavirus supposedly 70 percent higher than the official statistics.
According to the latest data, last month in the capital and St. Petersburg victims of coronavirus steel 692 people. However, the publication claims that in both cities in April, has died at 72 per cent more people than average over the past five years. Similar material also appeared in the NYT.
The foreign Ministry prepared a letter to the chief editors of these media with a demand to publish a retraction of articles. As noted by the official representative of the Ministry Maria Zakharova, further actions against the American and British editions will depend on whether they fulfil the request of the Russian side.
The publication also drew attention to Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, who noted that the Russian government has never manipulated the official statistics.
The representative of the world health organisation Melita Vujnović, in turn, stressed that Russia has no conscious underreporting of deaths from coronavirus.
Early diagnosis and health
Last week the Director of the Central research Institute of epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Vasily Akimkin has explained the low level of deaths from coronavirus in Russia early diagnosis, which in most cases prevents the development of disease in complex form.
According to him, effective testing allowed in General to control the situation with the virus in the country.
This opinion was stated by chief freelance infectious disease, Ministry of health Elena Malinnikova. She noted that under mortality mean there was a problem withsolution the number of deaths to the average population.
"we still live in a country very much depends on the speed of care, how quickly and efficiently this is available. We are still willing and have time", — said the expert of the Ministry of health.
Malinnikova added that the Russians themselves in time address to physicians, which also helps in the fight against the disease.
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In addition, associate Professor of infectious diseases at rnimu Pirogov Ivan Konovalov said that the Russian authorities adopted measures also helped to reduce the rate of spread and the number of deaths due to the coronavirus.
In turn, who noted the high level of organization Russian health care system. In the organization called this a key factor in ensuring a low mortality rate.
