Russian Federation held consultations with CIS countries on combating COVID-19

The Russian Federation held consultations with specialists from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan on the fight against the spread of coronavirus. This is reported on April 17 on the website of the agency. It is noted that Russian experts familiarized their colleagues with the procedure of organization of testing, the mechanism of tracking contact persons, the use of the latest electronic monitoring programs of the epidemiological situation in the country. The event, which took place by videoconference, was attended by about 40 employees of health authorities, research organizations and virology laboratories of the above-mentioned countries. As reported news agency, as of April 16, all in Russia 27,938 cases of infection with a coronavirus, 3448 of which during a day of April 15 are confirmed. In order to bring the end of quarantine measures closer, specialists of the Russian Federation advise to stay at home, maintain cleanliness using disinfectants, communicate with relatives through modern methods of communication, if necessary to leave the house use a mask and observe a distance with surrounding people 1.5 2 meters. Read also: Coronavirus in Russia: all resources for the fight against contagion broadcast