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Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov on Wednesday 9 December received positive test for COVID-19.
The head of the city, which collapsed due to the pandemic, announced it on his Facebook page. The politician noted that he went into self-isolation, but will continue to work remotely.
He said so far it feels good. The 55-year-old man did not mention his symptoms.
“I will not hide: it is very difficult for me to break with the usual rhythm of life”, – wrote Trukhanov.
The mayor asked city residents to adhere to the quarantine: wear masks, limit contacts as much as possible and maintain social distance.
Remember that Gennady Trukhanov became the head of the city for the third time. He won the local elections, winning the second round with 54.28% of the votes. In the first round of elections for the mayor of Odessa, Trukhanov won only 37.54%.
As OBOZREVATEL reported:
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In Odessa hospitals, there is a difficult situation with the coronavirus. The region ranks third among the regions in Ukraine with the highest number of recorded COVID-19 cases.
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There is not enough oxygen in district hospitals in the Odessa region; There are only three concentrators for 38-40 patients, said volunteer Katerina Nozhevnikova.
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He also spoke about the collapse of the city’s hospitals. According to her, patients fall down and ask for euthanasia. Furthermore, Odessa medical institutions do not have enough nurses and often there is no one to care for seriously ill patients.
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Therefore, the doctors at the No. 5 hospital in the city of Odessa do not have time not only to get close to living people, but also to remove the bodies of the dead.
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On condition of anonymity, one of the family doctors in Odessa reported that the local “primary organization” does not have time to receive calls, and teams come for PCR tests 5-8 days after the call.
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In one of the Odessa hospitals, where coronavirus patients are lying, the patient was brought breakfast with a deceased roommate in the ward, who had been dead since the night.
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Read more about the situation in the Odessa region in our material at the link.
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