The pandemic of the mysterious and even more terrible COVID-19 virus, having struck primarily China, America and some European countries, has also reached Russia. Are the protests of the inhabitants of the Lipetsk region appropriate that citizens who have returned from abroad should not be allowed into the region and what is the actual situation in Lipetsk.
Did they manage to stop the coronavirus in Dankov, Lipetsk region
More than once, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has been talking about the increasing publication of fakes on the Internet, which talk either about blocking entrances and exits to the Lipetsk region, or about the introduction of a two-week quarantine, or about specific rules for police work in conditions of mass infection with the COVID-19 virus. In order to avoid false information from Internet bloggers, you need to know if there is a coronavirus in the Lipetsk region and in Dankov, in particular.
Are there any coronavirus-infected in Dankiv
The strengthening of general sanitary control in Russia is due to the massive outbreak of coronavirus in the world. As of March 7, three cases of infection with the COVID-19 virus were confirmed in the Lipetsk laboratory. All patients returned from a trip to Italy. Among them is a woman (59 years old) and a couple of spouses (a 48-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman). This information was posted on the website of the Lipetsk administration.
The patients were admitted to the clinical infectious diseases hospital of the region. Patients diagnosed with coronavirus in Dankovo, Lipetsk region, are in special isolated boxes, where all infection safety measures are carefully observed. If the condition of the victims worsens, doctors are ready to transfer them to the intensive care unit, equipped with artificial lung ventilation devices and other life support devices. In addition, the reserve fund took care of the purchase of additional lung ventilation devices.
Quarantine in the schools of the city of Dankov
It was the disease diagnosed in three people that caused the Dankov schools to be quarantined from March 11 this year. Teaching children in electronic form helps to prevent the spread of infection in the region. The Russian e-school has indicated a site where homework for schoolchildren will be posted.
Classes in real schools will resume after the end of the pandemic.
The employees of the regional administration will inform the population about the exact date of the end of quarantine in schools.
Unlike schools, kindergartens continue to function as usual. The only thing is that the kids will have their temperature taken daily.
Quarantine in schools is not the only measure taken in the Lipetsk region to combat the spread of coronavirus. The authorities plan to carry out constant disinfection in public transport and crowded places. The management of budgetary organizations undertakes to carefully monitor the daily temperature measurement of their employees.
At the slightest suspicion of SARS and a rise in temperature, the employee must be immediately temporarily suspended from work duties and sent for treatment with mandatory testing for the presence of a new infection.
If coronavirus infection is confirmed, doctors should be provided with full information about all the contacts of the sick person, and the working room should be thoroughly disinfected.
Coronavirus protests in Dankov
To date, in order to prevent the virus from spreading throughout the territory of the Lipetsk region, the authorities have taken mandatory disinfection measures:
- Retail space and catering establishments;
- shopping centers;
- educational institutions;
- cultural institutions.
Organizations that refuse to disinfect the premises will be subject to penalties, up to and including closure. Violators of the self-isolation regime will also be fined. The rally in Dankovo against the coronavirus calls on residents of the Lipetsk region who have returned from abroad to strictly adhere to quarantine and not endanger others.
As for the latest news, as of March 27, there are 2 patients diagnosed with coronavirus in the infectious diseases clinical hospital, 4 people are awaiting test results. — No new cases of infection have been identified —.
The governor appeals to the population not to panic, emphasizing that the authorities have taken all the measures recommended by the Ministry of Health to combat the coronavirus infection in order to prevent its spread in the Lipetsk region.