Nakhchivan stockpiles medical supplies amid coronavirus threat

The Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan has created a stockpile of personal protective equipment (masks), as well as medicines and disinfectants for medical staff.

The airport’s medical staff conduct a check-up and examination of people with suspected coronavirus, the Health Ministry of the Autonomous Republic told Report.

If the disease is confirmed, they are hospitalized, quarantined, and receive inpatient treatment. Healthcare facilities near customs checkpoints have allocated isolators to this end.

School physicians send pupils with symptoms of seasonal respiratory illness to territorial outpatient clinics. Control over the provision of medical rooms with necessary supplies has also been enhanced.

Educational institutions have intensified preventive healthcare and disinfection activities during the closure of secondary and vocational schools from March 4 to 9.

The Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan and its regional bodies keep monitoring the sanitary and hygienic situation in all educational institutions.

The disinfection measures will cover the Nakhchivan Regional Vocational Training Center, lyceums and colleges, kindergartens, music and sports schools, universities, bus and train stations, airports, city mosques, ceremonial halls, museums and libraries in the republic by March 10.

Moreover, appropriate measures have been taken to create designated wards in medical institutions for suspected patients.

The Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Nakhchivan AR and its bodies regularly carry out preventive measures in densely populated areas.