"On July 22, an Il-76 aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Aerospace Forces of Russia from the Chkalovsky airfield (Moscow region) to the Kant airfield (Kyrgyz Republic) carried out the delivery of medical equipment and six medical and nursing teams of medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense," RIA reports News message.

The defense department clarified that 19 medical workers, including military resuscitators and infectious disease specialists, went to Kyrgyzstan.

They will help in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with coronavirus, as well as share their experience in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Earlier, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov thanked the delegation of Rospotrebnadzor for assistance in the fight against coronavirus infection