“Ten metropolitan doctors went to the Republic of Tuva to assist local specialists in treating patients with COVID-19,” the agency said.

The group included doctors from leading Moscow hospitals with extensive experience in treating patients with COVID-19. 

According to the department, in particular, a pulmonologist, infectious disease specialist, resuscitation anesthetists, anesthetists and radiologists went to Tuva.

Earlier it was reported that the first 11 patients are undergoing treatment in the mobile hospital deployed in Kyzyl.