“Russian servicemen have completed the disinfection of boarding houses for the elderly and surrounding territories in the province of Brescia (Lombardy),” RIA Novosti reports.

During the work, Russian experts together with Italian colleagues disinfected boarding houses for the elderly in more than 90 settlements of Lombardy.

The head of the Italian province Attilio Fontana thanked specialists from Russia for their help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

“You arrived and began to provide specific assistance to unload our doctors, who had already worked hard a month before. But in addition to concrete help, you also brought a sense of solidarity and mutual assistance, ”he said.

Earlier, Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini thanked his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu for helping Russia in the fight against the spread of coronavirus.

Russian units of radiation, chemical and biological protection will begin to return from Italy on May 7.