The Russian government has expanded the list of medical facilities reoriented to treat patients with coronavirus infection. The corresponding order, signed by the country’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, was published on the website of the Russian Cabinet on Tuesday, October 27.
So, the treatment of COVID-19 will now be dealt with within the walls of one of the buildings of the Medical and Dental University. A.I. Evdokimova. Residents of the Moscow region will be received there.
“The temporary hospital will be deployed at the Kuskovo Clinical Medical Center, which is part of the Dental University,” the document says.
The reason for choosing this medical institution for the treatment of patients with coronavirus was its territorial accessibility, since the organization is located in the eastern part of the Moscow region, where 45% of the residents of this region are concentrated.
Thus, after the conversion, the number of beds for patients with coronavirus in the country will increase by 1,000 beds. In total, over 216 thousand corresponding beds have been deployed in Russia at the moment, including those provided with oxygen – 118 908, and ventilators – 28 222, the government stressed.
Earlier on the same day, Mikhail Favorov, head of the USSR Viral Hepatitis Center, President of DiaPrep System Inc, predicted the timing of the end of the coronavirus epidemic in Russia. In his opinion, this will happen in 2022. However, this may happen earlier, when a serious vaccine is available.
Also on Tuesday, Natalya Pshenichnaya, Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical Work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, predicted that an aggravation of the situation with coronavirus in Russia could occur in February-March.
At the same time, virologists told Izvestia that the situation with coronavirus in Russia is ambiguous, so even a third wave of morbidity is possible in the regions.
According to the portal stopkoronavirus.rf, 1,531,224 cases of coronavirus were registered in Russia as of Tuesday morning, 26,269 people died, and 1,146,096 patients recovered.
All relevant information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites of stopcoronavirus.rf and access vsem.rf, as well as by the hashtag #WeVotte. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112.