Coronavirus. 2-3 May, 2020

In total, 134,687 people were infected in Russia, 1,280 of whom died.

Two particularly striking reports from Russia:

▪️ The Ministry of Health reported that COVID-19 has been preliminarily confirmed for 3,500 employees of the Chayandinskoye field in Yakutia.

▪️ In the Kashchenko Psychiatric Hospital near St. Petersburg, immediately 44 people confirmed coronavirus: 28 patients and 16 employees.

In the photo – Kashchenko hospital

1,441 people of them have been cured.

In total, 25 people died from the beginning of the epidemic in Azerbaijan.

On 27 April, in Azerbaijan, some restrictions rolled back.

Almost all stores are open in Azerbaijan, which are now closed due to the quarantine regime, except for those located in shopping centers.

This is the first step in rolling back the quarantine measures in the country, which are scheduled to be lifted on May 31.

The restriction on the movement of citizens still remains in force, and in order to go out, you need to get an SMS permission from the authorities. But if this permission was given once a day for two hours, then from today it is be possible to be on the street for three hours already.

“We must remember that [during the Second World War] people were dying for us, perhaps from viruses and other diseases. But they did not think about it. Think about what people will say. Maybe not right away, in a day, two after that, they will say that we were scared, ”said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

According to official statistics, in Belarus there are more than 16 thousand infected, 99 people have died. Many experts and activists believe that these figures are greatly underestimated.

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In total, 589 people have become sick, 207 people of them have been cured.

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Local residents attack the central hospital in Ingushetia for the second day. They broke windows, burst into intensive care, attack doctors and require to see the patients affected with coronavirus.

According to official information, in Ingushetia, 865 people were infected, 25 people died. Many activists and doctors claim that the data is extremely underestimated.

7 new cases in Georgia, total 589.

207 people of them have been cured.

In total, 8 people died from the beginning of the epidemic in Georgia.

A state of emergency in Georgia was announced on March 21 and will last till May 22.

A phrased approach to lifting state of emergency restrictions in Georgia began today on April 27.

Car traffic, taxi operation and e-commerce restored, agricultural markets are open again.

Cars are allowed inside cities.

Tbilisi, Batumi, Rustavi, Kutaisi will remain closed.

Curfew still in power, from 21:00 to 06:00.

Maintaining social distance and wearing a medical mask remain mandatory.

Public transportation is still forbidden.

Schooling will not be restored until September.

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In total, 35 people have already died from the beginning of the epidemic in Armenia.

2,386 people have become sick, 1,035 people of them have been cured.

The state of emergency was declared on March 16 and will continue to operate until May 14.

Armenian gov’t continues to ease state of emergency restrictions

Now one can go for a walk, ride a bike, but but only within a kilometer from their house.

Members of the same family are now allowed to leave the house together.

Some businesses in the processing industry, builders and engineers are allowed to return to work. It is expected that more will get permission to start working within 10 days.

Public transport is allowed between cities and villages. But prohibited inside the settlements.

• Armenia: residents may soon be able to go to hair salon, eat at outdoor cafes

Residents of North Ossetia, who do not believe in the existence of COVID-19, burned down a cellular antenna near the village of Nogir in the Prigorodny district. This was announced at a press conference by the head of North Ossetia, Vyacheslav Bitarov.
“These people believe that the epidemic is organized by some world forces that are interested in driving people … into the reservation, at home, then put 5G antennas, irradiate so that they lose consciousness, then they will chip,” Bitarov said.
However, this particular rural antenna was not equipped with 5G system devices.

Now the village was left without any communication at all.

On April 20, in Vladikavkaz, about two thousand people participated in a protest against the regime of self-isolation, which left the majority of the population unemployed. The protesters were dispersed, and several criminal cases were brought against the organizer.

The number of infected COVID-19 in North Ossetia today reached 1,069, 79 new infections per day.

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1,411 people of them have been cured.

In total, 25 people died from the beginning of the epidemic in Azerbaijan.

In Azerbaijan, some restrictions rolled back.

Almost all stores are open in Azerbaijan, which are now closed due to the quarantine regime, except for those located in shopping centers.

This is the first step in rolling back the quarantine measures in the country, which are scheduled to be lifted on May 4.

The restriction on the movement of citizens still remains in force, and in order to go out, you need to get an SMS permission from the authorities. But if this permission was given once a day for two hours, then from today it is be possible to be on the street for three hours already.

The record number of disases in Russia is recorded for the third day in a row.

The total number of people infected in the country is 124,000.

57 patients died in 24 hours. In general, from the beginning of the epidemic in Russia, 1,222 people died from COVID-19

An employee wearing a protective mask uses a device to take passengers’ body temperature near a mosaic artwork, which depicts German philosopher Karl Marx, at an entrance to a metro station in central Moscow, Russia May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

1,100 people of them have been cured.

In total, 33 people died from the beginning of the epidemic in Armenia.

The state of emergency was declared on March 16 and will continue to operate until May 14.

Armenian gov’t continues to ease state of emergency restrictions

Now one can go for a walk, ride a bike, but but only within a kilometer from their house.

Members of the same family are now allowed to leave the house together.

Some businesses in the processing industry, builders and engineers are allowed to return to work. It is expected that more will get permission to start working within 10 days.

Public transport is allowed between cities and villages. But prohibited inside the settlements.

• Armenia: residents may soon be able to go to hair salon, eat at outdoor cafes

The victim was 71 years old, he is from the city of Marneuli, which has been quarantined since March 25 because of the danger of an outbreak of coronavirus.

All this time, the Marneuli and neighboring Bolnisi district in the Kvemo Kartli region were completely isolated.

Among the new cases – 12 from the Bolnisi district, ten of them from the same village of Mushavani. One of them had contact with one of the infected ambulance employees, the unit had been quarantined for more than a week.

In total, there are 107 confirmed cases in the Bolnisi district.

In total, 8 people have already died from the beginning of the epidemic in Georgia.

582 people have become sick, 207 people of them have been cured.

A state of emergency in Georgia was announced on March 21 and will last till May 22.

A phrased approach to lifting state of emergency restrictions in Georgia began today on April 27.

Car traffic, taxi operation and e-commerce restored, agricultural markets are open again.

Cars are allowed inside cities.

Tbilisi, Batumi, Rustavi, Kutaisi will remain closed.

Curfew still in power, from 21:00 to 06:00.

Maintaining social distance and wearing a medical mask remain mandatory.

Public transportation is still forbidden.

Schooling will not be restored until September.

• Georgia – is mass testing necessary?

• A timeline of events in the Caucasus related to coronavirus epidemic, April 30 – 1 May, 2020