According to the Zvezda TV channel, military doctors were sent to the Republic of Dagestan to assist in the fight against coronavirus in accordance with instructions from President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

It is noted that the composition of the field medical unit is 135 military personnel, including 72 medical specialists and 38 units of special military equipment.

The hospital is equipped with mechanical ventilation devices, intensive patient monitoring monitors, x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, blood analyzers and a PCR laboratory. 

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Rospotrebnadzor to constantly monitor the epidemiological situation in Dagestan.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that two field multifunctional mobile hospitals with 200 beds will be transferred to Dagestan.

Virologist Dr. med. Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with NSN, expressed the opinion that Russia most likely passed the peak incidence of coronavirus infection COVID-19 and reached a plateau.