The Moscow Department of Health called the number of visits to doctors normal for the epidemic season

The Moscow Department of Health reported that the number of doctors making house calls does not exceed the same period last year and is significantly lower than at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every day, doctors conduct about 14-15 thousand consultations, the department specified.

“Predominantly, requests are related to high fever and cold symptoms; they are sent to an advisory post to make a decision on the need for emergency medical teams to visit and provide consultation,” the Moscow Department of Health said in a statement. Telegram channel.

The department added that no new viruses have been recorded in the city. There is also no “significant increase” in hospitalizations in Moscow. The material states that the capital is fully provided with the capacity to treat patients with influenza, ARVI and COVID-19.

The department denied information that there are 5-6 dispatchers per shift instead of 12. Currently, the dispatch center has more than 70 operators working simultaneously, the material says. The dialing time to telephone 103, as reported by the department, does not exceed 5–6 seconds.

Earlier, videos of long queues from ambulances at Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital No. 1 circulated on Telegram channels. The situation in the Moscow Department of Health named regular

In early December, cases of pneumonia caused by the atypical bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae were reported in Russia. Ill children and adolescents were identified, in particular, in Karelia, Udmurtia, Bashkiria, and Dagestan.

Read more about this in the Kommersant publication. “Walking pneumonia has come for the crown”.

Petr Buzlaev