MOSCOW, 20 APR — RIA Novosti. Vladimir Putin had a video on the situation with coronavirus and sanitary-epidemiological situation in Russia.
In the online conference was attended by experts in the field of combating epidemics, leading virologists, infectious disease specialists and heads of research centres. Putin asked them to Express their opinion about what are the forecasts for the coming days and weeks how effective the measures taken, including in Moscow, and whether additional decisions.
“the spread of the epidemic, unfortunately, continues, the number of people infected with coronavirus, is growing not only in Moscow, which first faced with the threat, but we knew that, we knew we were preparing for this. We knew that the epidemic will start spreading to other regions”, — said the President.
According to him, the peak incidence COVID-19 in Russia is still ahead: is now able to solve tasks of the first stage of the fight and slow the spread of infection, especially in the regions, but we cannot stop and need to shorten the passage through the plateau, when recorded the largest increase in the number of infected.
As the President noted, with COVID-19 can happen to anyone, so it is important that the hospitals were ready the algorithm require special attention, pregnant women and children, including newborns. Health care providers themselves must also be secure from intrusion, as each of them counts. Therefore, according to Putin, when there will be a vaccine for the coronavirus, the first thing will be to vaccinate the medical staff.
“We proceed from the chief: it is the protection of life and health of people. And only relying on expert opinion, to use the safest possible operating modes of industries, individual companies and organizations. Act will certainly very carefully, knowing that the economy is completely unstoppable. But it is necessary to minimize the impact of the epidemic on employment, incomes,” — said the head of state.
Putin also announced the signing of a contract with the United States to supply sensors air flow necessary for the production of ventilators. In addition, China has sent Russia’s 150 million medical masks.
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (exciter COVID-19) exposed to 185 countries. According to who, the world was at least 2.24 million cases, more than 146 thousand have died. At the same time, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, has infected more than 2.4 million people, 165 thousand died, 625 thousand was cured.
the Greatest number of victims in the United States, Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the UK. China — the original epicentre of the outbreak, last month declared victory over the epidemic.
In Russia for the time it was revealed 47 of 121 cases (the vast majority in Moscow). Died 405 patients, 3446 recovered. In most Russian regions introduced a state of universal isolation, the capital, in addition, declared access mode.
Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.Russia
