Governor of Kamchatka appoints deputy head for fight against coronavirus

The HEAD of the Kamchatka Territory, Vladimir Solodov, has appointed the acting vice-governor of the region to combat covid-19  , ex-chairman of the regional government Alexander Kuznetsov. This was reported on the website of the regional government.

“I have decided that the overall coordination of this work will now be carried out at the level of a separate vice-governor, vice-governor for combating COVID-19,” the words of the head of the region are quoted on the website.

Solodov clarified that Kuznetsov previously led the headquarters for countering the coronavirus and coordinated the work of the regional Ministry of HEALTH.

According to the governor, he decided to resort to such an appointment due to the fact that local authorities cannot cope with COVID-19. The region is facing a third wave of coronavirus and a new strain of infection, Solodov explained.

Kuznetsov was born in July 1980 in the Krasnodar Territory. In 2002 he graduated from the Military Engineering University with a degree in Radio Engineering, qualification - engineer. From 1997 to 2004 he served in the army, from 2008 to 2016 he worked in commercial organizations.

In 2016, he was appointed Federal Inspector for the Khabarovsk Territory of the Department for Cooperation with State Authorities of Russian Subjects and Self-Government Bodies. Since 2017, Kuznetsov has been the head of the Department for Economic and Social Policy.

In 2019, he was an inspector for the Sakhalin Region, and in April 2020 he headed the Kamchatka government.

According to the Ministry of Health, in the day preceding June 27, 40 people were infected with the coronavirus in Kamchatka. Over the entire period of the pandemic, 15,157 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the region, 238 associated deaths and 14,117 recoveries.