“The purpose of the visit is to assist in the implementation of anti-epidemic and preventive measures, to ensure infection control in medical institutions, to organize the work of laboratories that diagnose COVID-19 based on the experience of the Russian Federation,” the Rospotrebnadzor said.

Earlier, President of Moldova Igor Dodon thanked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for humanitarian and financial assistance in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

In April, the Russian Ministry of Defense delivered medical assistance from China to Moldova with An-124 to combat the coronavirus infection COVID-19.