Russian Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the work done in Lebanon to eliminate the consequences of a powerful explosion that occurred in the port of Beirut on August 4. This was reported on Wednesday by the Kremlin's press service.
The Minister spoke, in particular, about the "search and rescue operation and medical assistance to hundreds of injured local residents, as well as about the work to counteract the coronavirus infection of the specialists of Rospotrebnadzor who were part of the group".
Zinichev reported to the President about the completion of the workgroup of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Lebanon and its phased withdrawal.
Emergency responders arrived in Beirut on August 5 to help victims of the explosion at the port and participate in a search and rescue operation. At the stadium, Russian specialists deployed a mobile hospital, where doctors of the "Centrospas" detachment of the EMERCOM of Russia received victims. During all the work, rescuers found and extracted the bodies of 10 people from the rubble. Doctors of the airmobile hospital of the Ministry of Emergency Situations received more than 500 patients during their work.
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Photo: Russian Emergency Situations Ministry
Based on materials from TASS