Lukashenko: There are no reasons yet for isolating cities and curfews
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the anti-epidemic recommendations of the WHO should not be ignored, but he considers them too excessive, given the situation in the country.
He announced this today at a meeting on supporting the economy in the context of the coronavirus, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“The measures proposed by WHO must be studied. You can't brush them aside. But if they recommend that we introduce a curfew, I emphasize once again: we must introduce a curfew. We must isolate cities, towns and villages. But is this really the problem facing the country today?
No. Therefore, we do not brush aside the recommendations, but we must, based on the set of recommendations and our experience, act accordingly. You can’t act at random and you can’t do it just in case, they say, it won’t get worse. It won’t get any worse, but if we keep healthy people in the hospital, then we won’t have enough beds to hospitalize the sick,” Lukashenko said.
Let us remind you that WHO, among other things, recommended that Belarus refuse to hold mass events and introduce distance learning. At the same time, the mortality rate of coronavirus carriers in Belarus, although it has increased slightly, still remains at a low level (6 people per million population, in the Russian Federation - 4) in comparison with Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States, which are ahead in this indicator post-Soviet countries tens of times.
Lukashenko, on the contrary, decided to resume classes at school this week, although he previously canceled classes twice at the request of parents. Mass events in Belarus are also still not cancelled. So, tonight in the center of Minsk there will be another rehearsal of the military parade scheduled for May 9.
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