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In Dagestan, authorities admit the scale of the “disaster”

The Dagestan authorities eventually admitted it. The little Russian republic has been hit hard by the coronavirus. They even evoke a “catastrophe”.

The official figures which state of less than 3500 proven cases and 29 deaths are not reliable, by the admission of the mufti Akhmad Abdoulaïev. Contaminated too, the one who chairs the Muslim spiritual administration of Dagestan said it straightforwardly to Russian President Vladimir Putin, during this videoconference.

“The problem is that the published figures only relate to deaths in hospitals, he explained. No one publishes statistics on the people who die at home. They die, they are immediately buried according to Muslim tradition and no one identifies these deaths as being due to the coronavirus. “

Daguestan, a poor relative of Russia, has neither tests nor sufficient protective equipment for carers. Decreed on April 1, compulsory confinement was not respected. Moscow has promised aid, notably to set up a specialized medical center.

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