The Moscow Department of Health announced no sharp increase in hospitalizations with COVID-19

The epidemiological situation in Moscow regarding ARVI, pneumonia and COVID-19 diseases corresponds to the period of seasonal diseases; there is no significant increase in hospitalization in the capital. This was reported by the Moscow Department of Health.

This is how the department commented on publications about queues of ambulances on the territory of Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 1. “The presence of up to 22 cars on the territory at the same time is standard practice during peak hours and is not a queue or an emergency situation,” the statement says. Telegram channel Department of Health

The department clarified that Moscow has enough hospital beds to accommodate patients with infectious diseases and “the necessary minimum supply of beds.”

Today, November 13, Telegram channel Mash published a video showing more than 20 ambulances standing at the infectious diseases hospital on Volokolamsk Highway in Moscow. The Telegram channel wrote that the arriving patients were suspected of pneumonia and coronavirus.

By data operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus, in the first week of November, the incidence of COVID-19 increased by 31.7%, to 34 thousand, and the number of hospitalizations – by 33.4%, to 5 thousand. November 10 in Rospotrebnadzor reportedthat the incidence has doubled over the past four weeks.

Lusine Balasyan