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On 4 August, speaking at a briefing on sanitary-epidemiological situation and compliance with safety measures during summer held at Tatarstan Government House, the regional Healthcare Minister Almir Abashev said: “First of all I would like to attract attention of those who are going to resorts, riversides and beaches in summer as there are two factors hazardous for a man. First of all it is insolation as the sun can damage the skin and one can get heatstroke. Second, it is essential to carefully select swimming locations authorized by local power bodies.”

On 28 July, speaking at a briefing in the Tatarstan Government House, the regional first Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed that more than 12 thousand multi-apartment houses have been renovated during the condos capital overhaul programme in the republic.

On 25 July, reporting about the harvest progress in the republic at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic , the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov informed that 35 regions have already begun threshing winter wheat and six regions  - winter rapeseed. He also informed that the Chitopolskaya farm has started harvesting early potatoes and told about amount of moisture of the winter grain and rapeseed.

On 25 July, at a regional meeting in the Government House of the republic held with participation of the Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov gave a number of errands concerning the harvest campaign. The total area sown with grain crops this year is 1m 100 thousand hectares, including 568 thousand hectares of oilseed crops, he informed and said: “Our main task is to complete grain crops harvest by the end of August. Farms of the republic have all necessary fleet of harvest combines and drying machinery. The most important is to use them properly. The issue of fuel supply has been resolved.”