“Today, servicemen carry out disinfection measures in the newly built medical centers of the Russian Ministry of Defense, at enterprises of the military-industrial complex, as well as at socially significant civilian infrastructure,” the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper quoted him as saying.

According to Kirillov, more than 10 thousand servicemen and "over 3.5 thousand units of special equipment" are involved in such work.

Earlier, Russian servicemen of the radiochemical and biological protection unit were awarded for their help in the fight against coronavirus infection in Abkhazia.