In Belarus for a week has collected more than 150 thousand signatures under the petition demanding to urgently introduce in the Republic a quarantine coronavirus and sent her to the world health organization
Moscow-Live.ru / Budziszewski Nicholas At a meeting Tuesday that focused on the readiness of the health system to combat the coronavirus, Lukashenko said that in countries where “tried to lock up people, nothing happened”, so Belarus with the approval of the who chose the focal strategy of struggle
the Press service of the President of the Republic of Belarus
In Belarus for a week has collected more than 150 thousand signatures under the petition requirements.IEM is urgent to introduce in the country the quarantine coronavirus and sent her to the world health organization (who). The petition States that people continue to go to work and study, but “the virus spreads with great speed, and in order to prevent terrible consequences, we should all stay home.”
“unfortunately, in Belarus there is a complete ignoring of the disease and incorrect information to residents. According to official data, infected with a coronavirus 150 people, in reality more of them. Many of the infected are diagnosed with pneumonia, so as not to spoil the statistics, do not panic. Doctors work wear, not enough equipment, not enough resuscitators”, – reads the text of the petition on the website Change.org.
the Staff of several hospitals in Minsk and Vitebsk, told the publication “Podem” that medical facilities are “Packed with strange patients with bilateral pneumonia”, although it is clear that it really is. To tell impossible: “one doctor from Vitebsk clinical hospital spoke about the situation because the Prosecutor’s office of the well-worn”.
According to sources, the doctors and nurses are leaving EN masse to leave and threatened with dismissal because of fears of becoming infected, some doctors are already sick. “Losing a job are not afraid, doctors are needed everywhere. I’m ready to heal, but normally, and not in circumstances when a patient with an infection lies in the skin and venereal Department, where the necessary equipment just yet,” said one of the doctors wrote a statement on vacation at his own expense.
April 7 in Belarus at the invitation of President Alexander Lukashenko arrives who mission to assess the situation with coronavirus and work of physicians. The specialists will stay in the country until the end of the week, will visit hospitals and examine the documentation of the Belarusian Ministry of health.
Lukashenko has repeatedly spoken out against the introduction into the country quarantine and isolation mode. In his opinion, locking people in “rotten homes”, the government will only make things worse because there ZabOliseh have to already hospitalized in serious condition and connected to the ventilator. Lukashenko said that the disease, on the contrary, we need fresh air so “always taught”, and advised to be treated in the field, at the tractor works.
At a meeting Tuesday that focused on the readiness of the health system to combat the coronavirus, Lukashenko said that in countries where “tried to lock up people, nothing happened”, so Belarus with the approval of the who chose the focal strategy of struggle. “To lock people in apartments, some in the government I proposed is one day. Tomorrow will enter the military, riot police mobilize – during the day no one will be on the street, I guarantee it. Do you think that this method of struggle? I believe not,” – said Lukashenko, quoted by BelTA.
the President noted that in Belarus there is a snowballing increase in the incidence of coronavirus. According to him, 794 people were hospitalized, 31 is on a ventilator. “Disaster, absolutely not”, – said the head of state. Note that according to official information of the Ministry of health of the Republic, which had not been updated since April 6, in hospital treatment are 634 people. According to the same data, for the entire period in the country died on 13 patients with COVID-19. Lukashenko about the deaths not mentioned.
About his attitude to quarantine the President of Belarus also spoke at the meeting on supply of oil. “As we have here ranting in a circle around the quarantine, curfew, etc… It’s easiest, we’ll do it during the day, but what are we going to eat?” Lukashenka is quoted by the portal Naviny.by.
According to him, “everything is talking” about “the famine in the near future”, so in Belarus you need in the shortest time to complete the sowing campaign. “Oil is oil, but its on the table not served,” stated the Belarusian leader.