On January 15, Almazov Centre hosted the meeting of the Interdepartmental Medical Working Group at the Interdepartmental Council on the control of the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in St. Petersburg.
Attendees of the meeting were St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov; Chairman of the Interdepartmental Medical Working Group, Director General of Almazov Centre Evgeny Shlyakhto; Vice Governor of St. Petersburg Oleg Ergashev; Director of St. Petersburg Office of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Chief Public Health Officer for St. Petersburg Natalia Bashketova, members of the Interdepartmental Medical Working Group and chief doctors of city hospitals.
The participants of the meeting discussed the issues of organizing medical care for patients with COVID-19 and measures to ensure the preparedness of the local healthcare system for a rise in the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
