Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting with the leadership and staff of agencies providing national security, July 28, 2020

Photo from the website of the President of the Republic of Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting with the leadership and staff of agencies providing national security, July 28, 2020

Photo from the website of the President of the Republic of Belarus

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that he had been ill COVID-19. “I apologize for my voice. Lately we have a lot to say. But the most amazing thing is you are meeting today with a man who is on his feet managed to move the coronavirus. Yesterday this conclusion, the doctors did. Asymptomatic,” he said on Tuesday. His words are quoted by the state news Agency “BelTA”.

About the disease Lukashenko said at a meeting with the leadership and staff of departments of system of ensuring national security while visiting 3214 military unit of internal troops of the interior Ministry. “Like I said, 97% of the population carry this infection without symptoms. Thank God that I managed to get in this cohort of asymptomatic. Finally I got the Golden Fund of Belarus by transferring the virus,” the President added.

Earlier in the Belarusian health Ministry said that in the country as of 28 July was 67 366 people who test positive for COVID-19. The increase over the past day amounted to 115 cases against 119 in the preceding 24 hours, reports “Interfax”.

“For the entire period of infection in the country died 543 (July 27 – 538) patients with several chronic diseases identified coronavirus infection”, – informed the Ministry.

On July 28, recovered and was discharged 60 669 patients (27 Jul – 60 492), which was previously confirmed diagnosis COVID-19. Thus, the growth recovered per day was 177.

Belarus was one of the few countries where was never introduced full quarantine measures. Lukashenko has repeatedly expressed the opinion that the danger of coronavirus exaggerated, called the situation “coronational” and offered “treatment” from the coronavirus alcohol, bath and selhozarteli.

The head of state considered that isolation in “rotten apartments, in the atmosphere of a virus” is killing people. According to him, for respiratory diseases need “to go outside, to breathe fresh air and ventilate the room”.

When 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, Lukashenko gave another argument against restrictions. “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?” – said the head of state.

He also ordered the local KGB to deal with the sources of information that “sow panic” about the outbreak of coronavirus. “Already enough to look at it. Should be a good go to these sites, channels. You need to understand the villains who throw these fakes. Why are people bullied?” – said Lukashenko.

In early April, Belarus was visited by a group of experts from the world health organization. They encouraged the authorities to prepare for the adverse scenario of the epidemic COVID-19. In response, Lukashenka accused the who of political bias towards Minsk and urged to trust the information about the coronavirus from the state media, transmits radio “Freedom”.

In early July, the President announced the victory over the coronavirus.