This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the First Deputy Minister of Health of the Saratov Region Stanislav Shuvalov.
“We consider it expedient to suspend, until further notice, planned hospitalization in the regional medical organization, with the exception of medical organizations of phthisiatric, psychiatric and oncological profiles, to suspend medical examinations, including medical examinations of certain groups of the adult population, as well as medical examinations of the child population, with the exception of periodic medical examinations.
Also, suspend the activities of day hospitals, ”said Shuvalov at a meeting of the Coordination Council for Countering COVID-19 in the region.
Earlier it became known that schools in Saratov are switching to distance learning due to the coronavirus.