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In Belarus, contrary to the recommendations of the world health organization (who) to cancel all public events April 25 passes Republican Saturday

The official Internet portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus

In the clean-up involved personally by President Alexander Lukashenko, government employees, representatives of local authorities and ordinary citizens

The official Internet portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus

Lukashenko was engaged in planting trees in the national Park “Pripyat” is one of the regions affected by the Chernobyl accident

The official Internet portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus

In Belarus, contrary to the recommendations of the world health organization (who) to cancel all public events April 25 passes Republican Saturday. According to preliminary data, it was attended by 2.3 million people, according to state news Agency BelTA with reference to the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Kukharev.

In the clean-up involved personally by President Alexander Lukashenko, government employees, representatives of local authorities and ordinary citizens. In order the result of historical and cultural value, territories of settlements, recreation and sports camp cook for the summer season. The published photo and video shows that the participants do not respect social distance and don’t wear masks.

Lukashenko was engaged in planting trees in the national Park “Pripyat” is one of the regions affected by the Chernobyl accident. The presidential team landed 8 thousand pine seedlings on the area of half a hectare. During communication with journalists, Lukashenko said that the holding of the Republican subbotnik long been a tradition in Belarus and it will not retreat.

“Have you noticed, and some Telegram-channels, which we worried every day – and for good reason – have not noticed: I said that He [the Lord] saw that ugly we treat the environment, to the lifestyle that we have does not correspond to the criteria that need to be, and hit us on the head [referring to the pandemic of coronavirus]. So we are trying if not to equalize the situation, then at least to protect yourself and your loved ones with these steps,” – said the Belarusian President.

During the event, and the fundraiser, but they will go not to health care. 50% collected will be directed to the improvement of human settlements, burial sites, and camps. Another 50% will go to construction work in the National art Museum and the reconstruction of the complex on the site of the burned village of Ola in the Svetlogorsk district. Lukashenko earlier said that these funds were supposed to invest in the health system, but it will be supported by international assistance, reports the portal Naviny.by.

Before Saturday, the head of the Belarusian Congress of independent trade unions Alexander Yaroshuk addressed to the Director General of the International labour organization (ILO) guy Ryder on the involvement of citizens to work. He said that members of free and independent trade unions of Belarus protest against the “intentions of the government, which, ignoring the health and lives of its citizens and satisfy their own ambitions, will force thousands of its citizens to go out on Saturday during a pandemic”. According to Yaroshuk, the authorities thus prepare a “biological bombs” throughout the country.

The President of Belarus stated that the reason for cancellation or postponement of Saturday there. According to him, people still work on Friday, and if they come to work on Saturday, this has no affect. He still believes that there is no need to introduce more restrictive measures against the coronavirus, but if the situation escalates, such action will be taken. “If everything goes as now, we’ll get through this” – said Lukashenko.

April 7-11, Belarus was visited by the who mission, and following the visit, issued its recommendations: to strengthen the “physical distancing measures” to postpone all public events, including sports, religious and cultural; quarantine contacts of infected COVID-19 and of persons potentially exposed to the virus; to transfer schools, universities and other educational institutions on distance education; to reduce unnecessary movement of people, especially for high-risk groups.

Who experts also recommended that transparently and regularly inform the public about the situation, risks and responses. The who praised the work of surveillance, the availability of laboratories for processing tests, the distinction between patients in medical facilities to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus and the operative organization of local production of protective equipment for health workers.

Officially Belarus has not introduced restrictive measures, but the country has changed without them. Although operate airports, railway stations, temples, cafes and restaurants, universities, schools and health centers, many companies and institutions are independently switched to udalenku. Theatres and concert halls were closed, movie theaters, almost no people, many people have isolated themselves in the cottages.

The world Bank will allocate Belarus 90 million euros for the purchase of medicines and equipment. Another 60 million euros Minsk will receive in the framework of the global response of the EU on an outbreak of coronavirus – this is in addition to other international assistance, writes “Kommersant”.

Lukashenko, who calls what is happening in the world of “psychosis”, says that the authorities of Belarus do not lie about the situation with coronavirus and encourages to trust the information state mass media, not “bad channels” in the Telegram. However, according to editor-in-chief of the most popular Belarusian media – non-governmental portal Tut.by Marina Zolotova, data COVID-19 oddities happen.

The Ministry of health initially tried to be transparent, but then began reporting statistics either every day, or “in the form of puzzles, when journalists had to put hospitalized, discharged, deceased and engage in other nonsense”. After the visit of the who data is again transferred in the normal way every day, and then gone again for three days.

According to Zolotova, the authorities persistently refuse to provide the figures for individual settlements. To provide some information is almost impossible: “health Workers complain to the volunteers and the media for a lack of PPE, but officially they say that all is well and just enough.”

According to the April 25, Belarus coronavirus confirmed in 9590 people died 67 patients.