Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded not to stop the provision of planned medical care to children amid the spread of coronavirus. The head of state announced this on Wednesday, January 26, at a meeting with members of the government.
“I looked: in our country, some medical institutions of a children’s profile are, unfortunately, curtailing their work on providing planned assistance. Still, everything possible must be done, at least in relation to children, so that planned assistance does not stop, ”the Russian leader said.
Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, in turn, noted that the Cabinet of Ministers does not intend to stop all planned assistance.
“We have such an event in the plan. By the end of January, we must also adopt a relevant government decree. Where it will be very difficult, we propose to transfer it to an emergency format, but certain types of medical care will also remain as usual without closure, ”the Deputy Prime Minister specified.
Earlier in the day, Golikova reported that the number of hospitalized children had risen by 36.5% over the past two days.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that cases of the Omicron strain have been registered in 72 regions of Russia. At the same time, the hospitalization rate over the past week increased by 9.3%, and the number of new cases of coronavirus – by 102.4%.
The head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Murashko, said on January 26 that children, according to expert data, become infected with Omicron, a strain of coronavirus, 2.5 times more often than other options. At the same time, according to him, infant mortality in Russia in 2021 fell to a new low of 4.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.
On the same day, the Moscow authorities decided to close the planned hospitalization of children for three weeks due to an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 among minors. The changes do not apply to the planned hospitalization of children with oncological and hematological diseases, as well as other diseases that do not allow delay in the provision of medical care.
A large-scale vaccination campaign continues in Russia. Citizens can get vaccinated for free. Six coronavirus drugs have been registered in the country: Sputnik V, Sputnik Light, EpiVacCorona, KoviVac, EpiVacCorona-N, and the Sputnik M vaccine for adolescents.
All up-to-date information on the situation with coronavirus is available on the sites stopcoronavirus.rf and access to everyone.rf, as well as on the hashtag #WeTogether. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112.
Source: IZ
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