Coronavirus in the army of the infection by the coronavirus soldiers of the Russian armed forces

President Putin has said at a meeting in the security Council that the army joined the fight against the epidemic. But she’s already in their ranks has patients with coronavirus. Let us consider the state of Affairs in the army in connection with the coronavirus.

The army is building medical facilities for the treatment of patients with coronavirus

According to an earlier order in March, military personnel and civil servants, paid from the budget of the Ministry of defence, involved in the construction of “medical centers for people infected with COVID-19” across Russia. All such objects 16 in 15 of the 89 regions of the country. The last was commissioned in Nizhny Novgorod. It is unclear what will happen to these objects after the epidemic.

However, the recent decree of the President for the participation in the fight against disease “of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the armed forces of the Russian Federation”. Currently involved in the works and 12 regiments and several smaller units. In March, approximately 70 soldiers from their structure together with the laboratory were sent to Italy. The mission encountered problems. Professionals only wanted to disinfect large areas, while the Italians expected to have arrived spetsy treated patients.

A similar mission to the Russian military went to Serbia and the Serbian Republic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

It is unknown what tasks will you perform this type of army in Russia.

Cases of infection with coronavirus in the army

At the same time, the army first announced Sunday that in its ranks there are patients with coronavirus. 874 soldiers and officers from more than 1 million in the armed forces. In addition, the army also identified 971 case of coronavirus among the military cadets and teachers.

Problems in the army began with the preparation for the may 9 parade in Moscow. March 20-the parade marches continued at Moscow ground in Alabino. As a result of, for example, 155 cadets of the Saint-Petersburg naval Academy Nakhimov, who were sent to Alabino, ill 32 cadets and 17 teachers. Including the rector of the University rear Admiral Anatoly Minakov.

About 15,000 soldiers on the ground almost to the end and cancel the parade they had no protection.

Earlier, as it seems that is not related to the parade, sick 14 cadets and one civilian employee in the engineering school in Tyumen (Siberia).

After the cancellation of the parade and move soldiers from Alabino in the garrisons in the Saint-Petersburg military medical Academy was discovered 55 patients. Because of “errors made in the organization of prevention”, the rector of the University General Alexander Fisun, resigned.

At the same time, the Ministry of defence assured that these medical cadets was not involved in the preparation or in Alabino in St. Petersburg, where he prepared their own parade. Last year they were held in all eight Russian cities for services during the war, was awarded the honorary title “hero City”. This year probably there, too, were preparing for parades. But the army currently does not allow to increase the number of patients in these cities. And “civilian” statistics do not show that the epidemic began to spread faster, for example, in the Murmansk region (Murmansk – “hero City” and at the same time the headquarters of the Northern fleet of Russia).