Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said that despite the spread of the coronavirus in the country will be all scheduled for the may 9 event. Minsk was decorated for the occasion, mounted the podium for the Victory parade. Since April 20, had to go back to school and the Belarusian students, but many parents have chosen home schooling for their children.
the Number of infected per million inhabitants in Belarus is twice as fast as the global average value – 663 vs 320 as of April 20, 6264 was a positive test for COVID-19. Despite this, the Ministry of education decided to return the students to school. The schools plan to introduce relevant epidemiological events in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
“the Whole day — in the classroom and in the Playground — children must be masked. Each of students has to be a personal antiseptic for the treatment of hands”, – such message the day before received the parents and students. In response they began to ask: “How to make your first-grader to sit the whole day in the mask, and to persuade to change her every two hours?”.
Later in the Ministry of education explained that the use of medical masks is a recommendation. The main thing – to eliminate handshake, to observe social distance and install all the necessary disinfectants funds in the common areas. “How can you comply with security measures, if the common toilets, common dining room, cloakroom downstairs too common?!” – asking the users of social networks.
As told “MK” a pupil of the school №49 in Minsk, Sasha, was in his class for lessons came only four people.
“Virtually all classes of 10-15% of the students. Many do not go because of this whole situation with the coronavirus, and partly due to the fact that almost no security measures. Asked to take a medical mask and antiseptics, but not all of them are. In General, for failure to attend classes the teachers are understanding”. According to the student, skipping a school day is not counted as absences, but no separate program for distance learning in his school there: “Just write your homework in the electronic diary, and I’m sticking to it. Then nobody checks. And learn”.
Contrary to who recommendations and requirements of the citizens, the authorities did not abandon the parade of Victory on may 9. A petition to cancel the event was signed by over 7 thousand citizens of Belarus.
In the country’s defense Ministry said that the epidemiological situation in the country pozvolyayut planned activities of combat training. There is assured that during the preparation for the parade medical service of the Armed forces performs a “complex anti-epidemic and preventive measures.”
However, on 20 April, the Belarusian army recorded four��USA of infection coronavirus infection. Contact with sick military people isolated in tent camps.
Measures the Belarusian government to “MK” commented the experts.
Alexey Khuhrev, PhD: “the classroom is a closed space, and if at least one detected contagione disease, then die whole classes. Coronavirus is not as contagious as chickenpox, but the enclosed space factor, which greatly facilitates the infection.
In Belarus in General it’s not very clear. There are two European countries that call them “black holes” are Sweden and Belarus, which decided to go their own way. But if the Swedish data I can trust, and they are still severely restricted their elders in the movement, the Belarusian data is questionable.
Perhaps, the approximate number of infected will be to know after the fact if they conduct extensive testing for antibodies. As for the Victory parade, that is a scientific fact: the most infection killing the elderly. If the parade will be held, it is valid online only. Or how they will protect their elders? This is largely a question of policy and the desire to go her own way.
But the chickens are hatched, we’ll see what the results will be. Although such closed societies it is difficult to draw any conclusions. As they say there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. The situation in Belarus – it is about that.”
Elizabeth Luzhbina, the doctor from Vitebsk (name changed): “we in the city the situation will become uncontrollable. Patients very much. Doctors also get sick. I’m against the parade, Hiking in Church school attendance. But people do not understand the dangers.
I’m very tired to persuade, to request, to prove. Some of my friends, despite the fact that I told them about the danger, went into service in temples, send their children to school, going to go on Saturday… But I write and call people who suffer or have suffered from this infection. Many did tests and they were negative. The results of the tests it is not 100 percent reliable. The disease is very long, about a month. But the good news is that there are those among my family and friends have recovered.
