In Belarus, three soldiers contracted coronavirus

Three cases of infection with SARS-CoV -2 coronavirus were recorded in the Belarusian army as of 17 April. This was announced on April 17 by the portal TUT. BY with reference to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic Natalia Gavrusik. According to the representative of the Ministry of Defense, the first case of infection with coronavirus was recorded on the evening of April 16 at the soldier of the 72nd training center in Pechi (Borisovsky district). It is reported that the day before the soldier was hospitalized with pneumonia. He was transferred to the main military hospital located in the capital of Belarus. Its state stable. The unit in which the young man is serving is isolated in a tent camp at the test site. Two more cases of infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV -2 were confirmed in the soldiers of the urgent service of the 83rd Engineering and Airfield Regiment in Bobruisk. They are currently in the district hospital. Their health is assessed as satisfactory. About fifty people (first level contacts) were similarly isolated into a tent town. According to a Defense Department spokesman, material was taken from soldiers in contact with the infected person to test for coronavirus. The representative of the Defense Ministry clarified that tents in which the military is isolated are heated and the soldiers are provided with everything necessary. According to the news agency, earlier in Belarus coronavirus infected 419 medical workers.