Russian army deploys field hospitals in virus-hit Dagestan
Moscow (AFP) May 27, 2020
The Russian military announced Wednesday it had opened a field hospital in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan where authorities are struggling to contain a coronavirus outbreak. Army doctors built a 100-bed facility in Botlikh village and "medical staff are ready to receive and treat patients", the defence ministry said in a statement. The top cleric in the majority-Muslim region last