“From the first days of the pandemic, the Armed Forces have been involved in providing assistance to civilian health care.

We continue to provide it now.

In 43 regions, the local population receives care and the necessary treatment in military hospitals, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying at a conference call at the Ministry of Defense.

Shoigu noted that the epidemiological situation in the Russian army is under control.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that hospitals of the Russian Ministry of Defense would be deployed in Yalta and Simferopol for the treatment of COVID-19.