Two or three weeks – and a lockdown: how Russia is saving the QR code from the fourth wave
The regions and republics of Russia are redesigning hospitals, closing food courts and banning mass events, and actively introducing QR codes. Fontanka watched how the regional authorities fend off the fourth wave of coronavirus.
Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, September 30, said that the situation with the coronavirus in Russia is “mobile” and the regions will have to respond to it. And the head of Rospotrebnadzor noted an increase in the incidence of covid in 56 regions of the country.
“We see that there is a wave, the wave is growing, so, of course, the regions have to react,” he quotes TASS Peskov. “Some regions are already introducing different measures using their special powers.”
Governor of the Pskov Region Mikhail Vedernikov at the regional operational headquarters for combating coronavirus infection declaredthat the bed fund of covid hospitals of the Pskov region is loaded by 88%. In ten days, he said, everything possible must be done to slow down the spread of the infection in the region.
“We are in three regions that are of particular concern. We are a border region, and this is the setting, ”summed up the Pskov governor.
For a week, from October 4 to October 11, in the municipalities of the Pskov region with a high incidence of diseases, schools will be sent to distance learning. These are, in fact, all the schools of the Pskov region, as well as nine other regional centers. The measure will also affect colleges and institutions of additional education. All banquets, sports and religious events will be canceled next week, and children’s playrooms will be closed. In addition, guests and sanatoriums will test negative PCR or vaccination certificates.
The tense situation in Udmurtia. According to the Deputy Prime Minister of Udmurtia Elvira Pinchuk, for three weeks in the republic there has been a tendency to an increase in the number of cases of new coronavirus infection. And the number of home therapists has grown almost 10 times.
“Now 3,145 patients are inpatient treatment, the bed capacity is only 44 beds,” the press service of the republican government quotes her.
The republic has introduced QR codes for visiting sports and exhibition events, theaters and cinemas.
In Chuvashia, 3,253 beds were deployed to treat patients with coronavirus. More than 2,900 of them are already employed. The situation is very difficult, the head of the republic, Oleg Nikolaev, said on his Telegram channel.
“On Sunday, the number exceeded 80 cases. More difficult situation in hospitals. Today, more than 30% of the bed capacity is used to treat patients with coronavirus. This will provide routine medical care, ”Nikolaev said.
In this regard, in the republic, until further notice, the holding of street mass events, including leisure, entertainment, entertainment, cultural, sports, exhibition, educational and advertising, has been suspended.
Difficult situation in the Yaroslavl region. The head of Rybinsk, the second city of the region, Denis Dobryakov, that there are not enough places for the sick in Rybinsk hospitals, people are taken to Yaroslavl, Tutaev, Myshkin.
“There are many young people among the sick. A lot of heavy ones. And in intensive care, as doctors say, unvaccinated patients. Meanwhile, vaccinations in Rybinsk are reluctant. The regional health department reports that our city is lagging behind in the region, “the official wrote on his page “In contact with”…
V Belgorod and Saratov regions complain about queues at hospitals and clinics. Medicine is pushing its limits, statement Saratov Minister of Health Oleg Kostin.
“In just one night, we hospitalized 278 patients. This is a huge amount. The ambulance is working to the limit, because everyone is trying to call an ambulance and at the same time a doctor so that they can quickly come to him, – an official in an interview. – You have to understand that any system is finite. Despite the fact that we are increasing the number of doctors at the expense of students, the number of cars at the expense of receiving paramedics and drivers, we have a hard time keeping up with the increase in morbidity. “
In this regard, the authorities of the Saratov region announced that they are suspending planned hospitalization in hospitals. Until the stabilization of the epidemiological situation, it is prohibited to hold concert, entertainment events outside cultural organizations. A ban has been introduced on the operation of children’s playgrounds and playrooms for children in the shopping center, the operation of food courts is prohibited, except for take-away.
And the head of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov introduced QR codes for food courts… Visitors are required to have a choice of either a QR code of a vaccination certificate, or a negative PCR test, which is valid for 72 hours from the date of the study, or a certificate of COVID-19 transferred over the past six months.
Previously, visits to public places using QR codes were introduced in the Samara region, Bashkiria, the Perm region, Ulyanovsk, Rostov and Penza regions.
In St. Petersburg, the number of cases is also rapidly increasing. During the day, hospitalization increased to 500 people per day.
Ilya Kazakov, “Fontanka.ru”