Dagestan's health minister recently said the republic had just 29 COVID-19 deaths — but 657 deaths from 'community-acquired pneumonia.' 'It long ago became clear the official statistics have no basis in reality,' one resident tells NPR.
"It's a very difficult situation. I personally have over 20 relatives ... who were in intensive care. Many of them are not with us anymore. Many of my acquaintances are dead," Nurmagomedov said this week in an Instagram video, which garnered more than 4 million views.Amid a growing public uproar, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been forced to intervene.
In a video conference between Putin and local leaders this week, Dagestan's top cleric, Mufti Ahmad Abdulaev, described the local response to the virus as a"catastrophe" and appealed for help. Putin dispatched army medical teams and representatives of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry to help stem Dagestan's outbreak with"urgent measures." But the Russian leader also"It's true people were slow to believe about the virus, but that's because state television was telling them it wasn't serious. It was nothing worse than the average flu," said Magomed Magomedov, deputy editor of the independentnewspaper in the capital, Makhachkala.
As the republic's medical workers complained about a lack of protective equipment, Dagestani residents and businesses crowdfunded to help fill the need.A new test perhaps will come with Eid al-Fitr celebrations marking the end of Ramadan this weekend. Authorities are urging people to stay home.With more than 326,000 cases, Russia has surged to second in the global coronavirus infections count, after the United States.
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