Russian detachment of military physicians and virologists, thrown into the territory of the Italian Ministry of Defense military airbase “Pratika-de-Mare” near Rome, in the future will assist in Bergamo. It is reported by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Russian squad with the delivered equipment is preparing to make a 600-km march to the city of Bergamo, where he will take measures to combat the coronavirus. This decision was made in consultation, which took place at the headquarters of the Army of Italy in Rome.
Following consultations identified, that Russian military specialists, with experience in the fight against epidemics, cause dangerous infectious agents worldwide, to begin the task of the Italian g. Bergamo. Currently soldiers coordinate routes committing 600-kilometer march and prepare for moving machinery and equipment
– said the Ministry of Defense.
As previously reported in the military, Russia has sent to Italy one of the fifteen laboratories RKHBZ troops, eight medical teams, about 100 military virologists and epidemiologists, special equipment for diagnosis and disinfection. Defense Ministry Task Force in Italy is headed by the deputy chief of Radiation, Chemical and biological protection (RXBZ) The Armed Forces, Major-General Sergei Kikot.
