“Treated with arbitral”: what is happening on the Krasnoyarsk mine, where coronavirus was found at hundreds of workers

Almost 270 cases of infection with coronavirus are confirmed at the Olympiadinsky Mining and Processing Plant of the Polyus gold mining company. The entrance to the enterprise is closed, hard quarantine was introduced in the village of Gornyakov, and the general weakening of restrictions in the Krasnoyarsk Territory was postponed due to the outbreak in the GOK, which continues to work. Asymptomatic carriers are isolated in the hostel, but employees suggest that the infection has been spreading for a long time.

The number of coronavirus in the Olympiadin GOK in the North-Yenisei district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory over the past day has grown by 168 people, told the taiga. Info in the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor. A total of 269 employees of Polyus Krasnoyarsk, which owns the plant, is infected with Covid-19.

The company tested about 40% of employees, Taiga said. Info two GOK workers on anonymity. One of them was infected by himself. According to his estimates, about 3.5 thousand people are now in the village.

“As the tests will be done to the end, the number of cases will definitely be much larger,” the interlocutor of the editorial office said.

However, the Olympiadinsky GOK continues to work, the Polyus press service said and the employees confirmed. According to the company, "Koronavirus had only a slight impact on production or supply."

“The regime inside is hard. Masks, glasses, gloves, shops are closed inside the village, gyms, baths, ”said another employee of the plant. “At the slightest suspicion, the entire quarantine room at once.”

The press service of the Polyus company, which belongs to the GOK, said that the “insignificant percentage of tests” gave a positive result. The enterprise introduced "social distance and compulsory use of personal protective equipment."

“Testing continues, the figure is constantly changing,” the taiga said. Info in the company on May 12, without specifying how much has already been tested. According to the representative of the Pole, about 6 thousand people work at the enterprise.

How to treat infected

“Immediately after receiving positive results, employees with symptoms were sent to hospitals in North-Seniseisk and Krasnoyarsk, where they are appropriate for medical care,” the Pole press service said. “Employees of positive tests on the COVID-19 tests and the lack of symptoms are quarantined in medical offices at the Olympiadin GOK.”

For patients with symptoms in the village of Gornyakov, an ambulance and doctors are really on duty from the village of North-Senisei and Krasnoyarsk, one of the GOK employees confirmed. The first -aid post is deployed at the club’s base - everyone who has elevated temperature is sent there.

The asymptomatic carriers are on the quarantine in one of the hostels, the employee of the plant added by coronavirus: “There is no medication, they are treated only with an arbidol. The temperature is measured every day. "

UPD (16:05) The Polyus press service said that "the sick workers are given timely qualified medical care for the forces of professional medical brigades from medical institutions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory." There are 20 doctors and 46 nurses and paramedics on the GOK, who decide where to direct infected - to quarantine or to the hospital.

“The qualified specialists of the Regional Clinical Hospital, the Federal Siberian Scientific and Clinical Center of the FMBA, the Lesosibirsk Interdistrict Hospital, the Yenisei and North-Yenisei district hospitals were involved,” the company added.

How long the infection spreads

GOK employees suggested in a conversation with the taiga. Info that the flash of infection began with the CHP-1 located at the plant, and the coronavirus spreads in the shift village for about a month. At this time, many at the enterprise were sick of a cold, an infected employee said.

“Most people did not even understand that they are sick, some endure diseases as SARS,” added another interlocutor of the editorial office.

The governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander the USS closed the entrance and travel to the plant. He also stated that the weakening of the restrictions on the “general self-isolation” regime in the region was postponed due to the outbreak on the Olympiadian GOK, and predicted that “several hundred” would be infected.

“Unfortunately, the signing of this decree [on the partial removal of restrictions in the region] had to be suspended in connection with the outbreak of the disease in the North-Senisei district,” the USS said. - At our largest gold mining enterprise, the Pole several days ago was identified, and there are already about 270 infected. Now the testing of all employees is completed, and this is more than six thousand people, and we predict that the number of those who need medical care can reach several hundred. ”

Despite the closure of the plant, the management has not yet notified employees of changing plans for new shifts, Taiga told. Info an employee who should go to the GOK after May 20.

“It is not clear what will happen next, many have worked for four months and are torn home, but the entrance and exit is closed so far,” the man noted. “Honestly, there is no desire to go to the anthill.”

Paul Pole is one of the largest gold miners in Russia. The headquarters is located in Moscow, assets in the regions of Siberia and the Far East. The Pole was founded precisely in the North-Seniseisk. Norilskell owned the corporation, then Suleiman Kerimov acquired part of the shares. In 2015, Polyus Gold International Limited, which owns the Pole, was in the hands of Kerimov's family .

Later, Polyus Gold International Limited put up part of the shares for sale, but, according to media reports, the family of Kerimov continues to control the business, who has been sitting in the Federation Council since 2008.

Peter Manyakhin