A criminal case was opened in Yakutia after an outbreak of coronavirus in aт assisted living residence for the elderly

The reason for the mass infection was the failure to comply with the regime of self-isolation and mask regime. In addition, visitors and outsiders could be allowed into the boarding house, the prosecutor's office of Yakutia reports.

According to the materials of the department, a criminal case was initiated under part 1 of art. 236 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, resulting in negligence of a mass disease of citizens).

It should be noted that as early as May 11, the media reported that a 81-year-old guest of the care house Trust had a coronavirus. The owner of the boarding house Mikhail Gotovtsev was fined 150 thousand rubles, writes Yakutia info. However, later all other guests and employees of the institution tested on COVID-19 gave negative results.

To date, 1,623 cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in Yakutia. Seven patients died from the disease.