Paul
Goble
Staunton, April 29 – The number of
cases of coronavirus infection in Ingushetia has risen to 679 with a total of
20 deaths, enormous numbers for a republic of only about 500,000 people and ones that are putting
enormous pressure on the health care system there (doshdu.com/v-ingushetii-za-sutki-ot-koronavirusa-odin-chelovek-umer-i-46-zabolelo/).
Republic head Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov
has attracted three doctors from Moscow to help (ingushetia.ru/news/v_ingushetiyu_pribyli_moskovskie_vrachi_dlya_okazaniya_metodicheskoy_pomoshchi_v_borbe_s_koronavirus/), announced plans
to distribute food to more than 5500 poor families (etokavkaz.ru/news/81735), and appealed to
the population for maintain self-isolation (ingushetia.ru/news/obrashchenie_glavy_ingushetii_makhmuda_ali_kalimatova_k_naseleniyu_respubliki_/).
Because of the rising tide of deaths
from the pandemic, two hospitals in Nazran have opened special facilities to
allow family members to wash the bodies of deceased as is required by Islamic
law, an indication the number of deaths is likely far higher than officials are
admitting (capost.media/news/obshchestvo/in-observatory-ingushetia-relatives-of-the-deceased-is-washed-in-anti-plague-suits/).
Meanwhile, the Fortanga
portal published a letter from Isropil Nalgiyev who is under detention on
charges that he attacked police. He said
that the Russian legal system is shameful, that he and other Ingush detainees
are in good spirits despite poor conditions, and that the Ingush nation has no choice
but to continue the fight (fortanga.org/2020/04/zapiski-iz-sizo-isropil-nalgiev/).
Nalgiyev called on Fortanga and all
other independent outlets to continue to tell the story of the injustices the
Ingush detainees are suffering and to encourage all Ingush to continue the
fight to restore the territorial integrity of the republic, ensure that the
republic’s constitution and laws are obeyed, and have new leadership in
Magas.
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