Social movement “Mir Luganschine” activists provided assistance as part of the “Helping Hand” action to more than3,100 Lugansk People’s Republics residents who are in self-isolation because of coronavirus (COVID-19), the social movement’s press service reported.
“Mir Luganschine” received 3,122 requests for help since the start of the action; over a week, assistance was provided to 14 Lugansk residents,” the report said.
Activists deliver foodstuffs, water and medications to the elderly and mobility-impaired and self-isolated residents. The products are bought at the expense of the applicants, the press service said.
“Volunteers continue to help LPR residents. Calls to the hotline are mostly made by the elderly who need volunteers’ help; they trust us knowing that we’ll always help them. As a rule, they ask to buy food, water and medicines, “Volunteer” project coordinator Antonina Mashkova said.
Requests have mostly come from Alchevsk, Kirovsk, Lugansk, Pervomaisk and the Antratsit district, she said.
Earlier, the social movement press service reported that “Helping Hand” action activists had provided assistance to more than 3,000 LPR residents in self-isolation.
On April 1, 2020, LPR Head Leonid Pasechnik tasked “Mir Luganschine” with helping the residents in self-isolation. The next day, the movement announced the recruitment of volunteers who began to provide assistance on April 3.
“Helping Hand” hotlines: +38 (072) 503 55 55, +38 (0642) 34 55 05 operate from 09:00 to 18:00.
The World Health Organization called the COVID-19 coronavirus infection a pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus. The first coronavirus infection cases were recorded in China in late 2019. The number of coronavirus contacts across the world has exceeded 198.2 million by now; of those, over 4.2 million people died, according to the WHO. The LPR confirmed 6,763 COVID-19 cases.
To prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection, the LPR authorities put the Republic on high alert and introduced lockdown measures. *i*s
