Russia and Israel will create a working group to combat COVID-19

The Russian Rospotrebnadzor and the Israeli Ministry of HEALTH will create a special working group to more effectively counter the coronavirus, the Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement.

“Given the large amount of accumulated data in RUSSIA and Israel on countering COVID-19, an agreement was reached to create a special working group on the epidemiology of a new coronavirus infection,” they noted.

The parties agreed on this during a meeting in Moscow with the HEAD of the service, Anna Popova, and members of the Israeli delegation, which included the head of the COVID-19 headquarters, Professor Salmon Zarka, and the DIRECTOR of the Department of Laboratory Diagnostics of the Israeli Ministry of Health, Yishai Ruf.

The meeting participants exchanged up-to-date data on the situation in Russia and Israel, as well as on the strains circulating in their territories.

“Partners noted the wide coverage of testing for a new coronavirus infection in Russia and the high level of laboratory diagnostics, which makes it possible to obtain PCR test results within 24 hours, as well as to carry out sequencing of strains, which is especially important in connection with the emergence of new variations of coronaviruses,” the statement says. Rospotrebnadzor message.