Paul
Goble
Staunton, May 6 – Despite being the
smallest republic in the North Caucasus, Ingushetia continues to lead in the
number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, with 28 of the 1016 people there
who have tested positive for the virus dying (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/349228/ and gazetaingush.ru/news/kolichestvo-zarazhennyh-covid-19-v-ingushetii-prevysilo-1-tys-sluchaev).
Many Ingush see this as the result
of the poor quality of medical care in the republic or as a reflection of
larger epidemiological problems there, although it may also reflect the
unwillingness of many there to refrain from attending large weddings and
funerals where the coronavirus can spread quite easily.
The republic government for its part
has countered by organizing the distribution of 10,000 face masks to the population
and a letter-writing campaign in support of medical workers (ingushetia.ru/news/volontery_razdadut_zhitelyam_ingushetii_okolo_10_tys_zashchitnykh_masok/ and ingushetia.ru/news/barkalshoana_desyatki_blagodarstvennykh_pisem_vracham_napisali_zhiteli_ingushetii/).
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