Doctors have told Lyubov Chizhova that she is still sick, but not infectious (file photo)
Radio Free Europe: First Person: An RFE/RL Correspondent's Battle With COVID-19 In Russia
When the COVID-19 epidemic was just beginning, I told my friends that I shouldn't get sick because the medical services in my part of Moscow Oblast (I live in Nakhabino, some 15 kilometers outside the Moscow city limits) wouldn't be able to handle it. We don't have any showcase hospitals like Kommunarka [which President Vladimir Putin toured in late March]. The doctors in our regional clinics don't understand what they are dealing with. And it is certain you will not be able to get a CT scan, which can determine the extent of a lung infection with nearly 100 percent accuracy.
In Nakhabino, there are no CT scanners. With a population of nearly 50,000, there is only one clinic. In short, I didn't plan to get sick. I worked from home and only rarely went to the store -- always in a mask and gloves.
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WNU Editor: My mother's sister in Moscow got sick two weeks. She is only getting better now. A good friend of mine lost her father last week. She and her mother are sick right now, but it is in a mild form. The rest of my family and friends in Russia are still OK. But from what I understand. Even with all of the precautions that people are taking, many are still getting sick. The hospitals outside of Moscow and Saint Petersburg are overwhelmed, and many health professionals are sick. But the system has not collapsed. The official death toll is around 2,750. But everyone is telling me to not believe those numbers. The death toll numbers are probably ten times higher than the official count. My family and friends in Ukraine are telling me a different story. The pandemic has hit the country, but it is not as severe as in Russia.
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