The Ministry of Defense will direct 30 thousand military to the fight against coronavirus

In the Armed Forces of Russia, a group was created to combat coronavirus, numbering 30 thousand troops and 4 thousand units of military equipment. This was written by RBC with reference to the statement of the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu.

“In the armed forces, large-scale work is underway to combat Covid-19. For this, a group of forces and means of over 30 thousand people and 4 thousand units of military and special equipment is involved, the coordination of which is carried out by the operational headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, ”said Shoigu.

Also, according to him, 17 combined detachments of military doctors have been created, who will assist the regional authorities to combat the epidemic. “A reserve was created in the Armed Forces to help the constituent entities of the Russian Federation - 5 brigade and 12 regimental combined detachments,” said Shoigu.

Over the past day, 5849 new cases of infection with coronavirus have registered in Russia. This was reported in the operational headquarters. The total number of cases increased to 68,622 people.

In Moscow, 36,897 infected, in the Moscow region-7,889, in St. Petersburg-2,771, in the Nizhny Novgorod region-1,096, in Murmansk-633.