The number of patients with coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Russia has reached 199. According to the Rospotrebnadzor, over the past 24 hours 52 new cases of the disease have been registered in Russian citizens in 23 regions.

“To date, 199 cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in the Russian Federation, of which 188 are from Russian citizens, 11 from foreign citizens. There were no deaths from coronavirus infection, ”the report said.

It is noted that 22 178 people are under medical supervision.

Earlier, the chief pathologist of the capital, doctor of medical sciences, professor Oleg Zairatyants said that the cause of the first death of a Russian citizen who contracted the coronavirus infection COVID-19 was “massive bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism”. He noted that a 79-year-old patient hospitalized with pneumonia still “during life confirmed a positive result of the analysis for coronavirus infection”.

“The cause of death was not pneumonia, but a detached blood clot. At the time of death, there was no change in the lungs. Severe concomitant chronic diseases were confirmed, including diabetes mellitus, cerebrovascular disease, coronary heart disease, ”said Zairatyants.

According to Moskovsky Komsomolets, the author of 13 publications, Honored Economist of Russia, Honored Worker of the Oil Industry, Honored Worker of Gubkin University turned out to be dead. However, the press service of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas. THEM. Gubkin could not confirm this information, according to RBC.

Two-week quarantine for returnees from abroad

All persons arriving in Russia from abroad will be required to isolate themselves for two weeks due to the risk of spreading the coronavirus infection COVID-19, according to the decision of the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Anna Popova.

According to a document published on the official Internet portal of legal information, heads of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, in particular, were instructed to take measures to introduce a “high-alert regime”, “to ensure isolation of all persons arriving in the Russian Federation for 14 calendar days from the day of their arrival ", Monitor compliance with the quarantine and daily submit reports to the territorial bodies of Rospotrebnadzor.

It is worth noting that all 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation have already switched to high-alert mode due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus.

It is noted that arrivals from abroad must immediately inform the hotline of the date and place of stay abroad, as well as contact information, and in case of deterioration in health, seek medical help at home. At the same time, employers will have to assist workers in ensuring isolation conditions, and regional leaders - to issue disability certificates.

Recall that from December 31, 2019, an enhanced double control of arrivals from abroad was organized using stationary and portable thermal imaging equipment. As of March 19, more than 4.6 million people were examined, while 2,398 cases with signs of acute respiratory viral infections were registered

Russian scientists deciphered the coronavirus genome

On Thursday, March 19, it became known that scientists of the National Research Institute (Research Institute) of influenza named after A. A. Smorodintseva of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation was able to sequence the first complete gene of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 from material from a patient with COVID-19. According to him, the obtained data were sent to an international database used by the World Health Organization and leading world research groups.

“This coronavirus is new for us, therefore it is critically important to be able to determine the path of its spread and its entry into the territory of our country, its change. This information will help in the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs for the treatment of coronavirus, ”said Dmitry Lioznov, Acting Director of the Institute.

Along with this, at the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology "Vector" of Rospotrebnadzor made the first images of coronavirus. They were obtained by negative contrast using a JEM-1400 transmission electron microscope. The particle size was 100-120 nm.

  • The first photos of coronavirus particles made in Russia

At the same time, the Russian government allocated 10 billion rubles to the Ministry of Health for stimulating payments to doctors for working with people who are diagnosed with coronavirus or are suspected of having it. In addition, another 1.6 billion rubles was allocated to Rospotrebnadzor for incentive payments to employees working in an intensive mode due to the situation with the spread of COVID-19 infection.

Recall, on the eve in Europe there was not a single state left without coronavirus infected - Montenegro announced two recorded cases. Of all European countries, the most severe epidemiological situation has developed in Italy, which has already bypassed China in terms of mortality. The head of the civil defense of the country, Angelo Borrelli, announced that the death toll in the country per day increased by 427 people and reached 3405.

In total, the number of cases in the world exceeded 220 thousand, more than 8.9 thousand people died.