Bergamo is one of the
epicenters of the COVID-19 outbreak with a record number of infections and
deaths in Italy.
MOSCOW, March 24.
/TASS/. Russian military virologists and epidemiologists will be first deployed
to Italy’s Bergamo, the Russian Defense Ministry informed reporters.
"On the outcomes
of the consultations, it was decided that Russian military experts experienced
in combating epidemics caused by dangerous infectious diseases all over the
world would begin their work from Italy’s Bergamo. Currently, military officers
are approving the 600-km route, preparing the equipment for the move," the
ministry noted.
Bergamo, a city in
northern Italy (the province of Lombardy) is one of the epicenters of the
COVID-19 outbreak in Italy with a record number of infections and deaths in the
country.
Under the order of
Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Defense Ministry sent several
military jets to Italy that transported virologists, epidemiologists and the
necessary equipment to the country. According to the ministry, the group
includes specialists who directly took part in fighting outbreaks of African
swine fever, as well as developing vaccines against Ebola and the plague. The
planes also delivered mobile stations for aerosol disinfection of transport and
territories and medical equipment.
A pneumonia outbreak
caused by the COVID-19 virus (previously known as 2019-nCoV) was reported in
China’s city of Wuhan, a large trade and industrial center with a population of
11 million, in late December 2019. Cases of the new coronavirus have also been
reported in more than 190 countries and territories, among them Russia, which
documented 495 cases as of March 24. According to recent data, novel
coronavirus cases across the globe have exceeded 390,000, with about 17,000
deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially described the
situation with the novel coronavirus as a pandemic.
Source: ITAR-TASS
24-03-2020
