U.S. President Donald trump said Monday that Russia has deployed a plane with medical equipment in connection with the pandemic coronavirus, also “some things” sent China
The White House / flickr.com According to the Johns Hopkins University, which conducts calculations based on data from Federal and local authorities in the United States recorded more than 164 thousand cases of infection with the novel coronavirus, it is more than anywhere else in the world
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the US President Donald trump said Monday that Russia has deployed a plane with medical equipment in connection with the pandemic coronavirus, also “some things” sent to China.
“Russia has sent us a very large aircraft medical equipment. It’s very nice,” trump said at a briefing in the White house. Other details regarding the assistance of the Russian Federation, the head of the Washington administration has not led, adding that the help America involved other countries.
“I was very surprised, pleasantly surprised”, – added the head of the White house, previously has spent telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During the dialogue they discussed measures to counter the proliferation in the world of coronavirus infection. As noted in a press-service of the Kremlin, “long” conversation was initiated by the White house, both sides expressed during his serious concern about the situation.
According to Johns Hopkins University which carries out calculations based on data from Federal and local authorities in the United States recorded more than 164 thousand cases of infection with the novel coronavirus, which is more than anywhere else in the world. Died 3170 people, mostly in new York city.
March 30, in the Harbor of new York there has arrived the floating U.S. Navy hospital Comfort with a thousand beds and 12 operating rooms. He is ready to immediately accept patients. The Governor of new York Andrew Cuomo urged nurses and doctors from across the country to come to the state to help in the fight against the epidemic, if the situation in their States is not terrifying.
according to German newspaper Die Zeit, in many new York hospitals do not have enough ventilators, masks, protective clothing, staff and beds. The staff of the emergency Department at Harlem hospital center had even to buy suits at the hardware store.
“the Guide gives us one mask type N95, which should be enough for five shifts for 12-14 hours. But really I ought to throw away the mask after each use, thenthat we are constantly surrounded by coughing patients and particles in our masks. We have not follow the Protocol of infection control”, – said the publication of the nurse center Sarah Dowd (translation InoPressa).
According to her, in America there are two systems of health care. “One for the poor, immigrants and the homeless. Another for the middle class and rich people with private health insurance. One system has at its disposal much greater resources and it is not one in which I work,” she said.
Earlier, Russia sent to Italy a few Il-76 aircraft with humanitarian aid, military experts in the field of combating epidemics, mobile systems disinfection and laboratories. It was reported that the Italians appreciated the gesture Russia and criticized in the countries of the European Union and the United States. The EU said that Italy had helped in the fight against the virus, but the media wrote about it less than about the help of Russia and China that pursue including branding goals.
Italian media said that the Russian aid consisted of equipment for disinfecting areas and other machinery of a similar type, in which Italy does not need, and all the Russian experts – military, high military rank and not the doctors.
According to journalists, Russia, Italy, providing support, pursues its own political and diplomatic interests, lobbying for the possibility of lifting the sanctions. Russian Ambassador in Italy Sergey Razov has categorically rejected this view and stressed that “Italy provided selfless assistance – not negotiable, “pay bills” and things like that.”
