So-called South Ossetia to close borders with Russia relating to coronavirus

So-called South Ossetia will close borders with Russia from May 10. The occupied region plans to open the borders on May 17. According to the Res news agency, the ban applies to everyone without exception, including the movement of trucks.

So-called President Anatoly Bibilov said that the “Republic” needed time to place "citizens" in quarantine, examine them and provide adequate assistance, including a large group of high school military cadets studying in Russia.

The occupied Tskhinvali region reported three cases of coronavirus today. One of the infected, a 14-year-old student of the Suvorov Military Academy, arrived in Tskhinvali from the Russian Federation on April 30, while the other two, a mother and her 6-year-old child, arrived in occupied Tskhinvali on May 5.