Another 24 hospitals
will be repurposed for the treatment of suspected coronavirus patients.
MOSCOW, April 14.
/TASS/. About 21,000 hospital beds for coronavirus patients will be set up in
Moscow, the city’s Healthcare Department said in a statement.
"Another 24
hospitals will be repurposed for the treatment of suspected coronavirus
patients in the next ten days. That said, about 21,000 hospital beds for
coronavirus patients will be set up at the Healthcare Department’s
facilities," the statement reads.
According to the
health authority, doctors specializing in other diseases will be moved to other
hospitals.
Coronavirus pandemic
In late December
2019, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the
outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central
China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus - named COVID-19 by the WHO -
have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia.
On March 11, 2020,
the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
To date, a total of
18,328 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 1,470 patients
having recovered from the virus. Russia’s latest data indicates 148 fatalities
nationwide. Earlier, the Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep
the public updated on the coronavirus situation.
Source: ITAR-TASS
14-04-2020
