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The spread of COVID-19 in Belarus is a very important issue for Lithuania, as it also touches on the dilemma of opening borders. Although both the Belarusian opposition and foreign experts criticize Belarus’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are those who believe that the situation in Belarus is under control.
Lies
“In early May, our political scientists, generously paid by the Soros Foundation, said that Belarus, which is not in full quarantine at all, is organizing a Victory Parade, and the president who plays hockey will die of the coronavirus.”
Lithuania, meanwhile, was quarantined in such a way that not even Easter could be celebrated and for two months we all walked with muzzles. The quarantine was not just about the major retail chains, but another topic here.
Two weeks passed after the parade, i. a time when all Belarusians had to be massively infected.
What we have? In a country with a population of 9.5 million, the results are as follows:
During the entire period of infection, 194 patients died in the country (190 of them on May 22) who had a series of chronic diseases and were diagnosed with coronavirus infection.
For comparison, in Lithuania, where 3 million people live, 63 people have died, ”writes a Facebook user.
False information
In early May, our political scientists, generously paid by the Soros Foundations, argued that Belarus, which is completely out of quarantine, was organizing a Victory Parade, and that the President playing hockey would die of the coronavirus.
Lithuania, meanwhile, was quarantined in such a way that not even Easter could be celebrated and for two months we all walked with muzzles. The quarantine was not just about the major retail chains, but another topic here.
Two weeks passed after the parade, i. a time when all Belarusians had to be massively infected.
What we have? In a country with a population of 9.5 million, the results are as follows:
During the entire period of infection, 194 patients died in the country (190 of them on May 22) who had a series of chronic diseases and were diagnosed with coronavirus infection.
By comparison, 63 people died in Lithuania, which has a population of 3 million.
The author of the publication mentions George Soros, a famous Hungarian investor of Hungarian origin, a philanthropist. He, like billionaire Bill Gate, has become an advocate of conspiracy theories, supposedly the bad guys who want to rule or even rule the world.
However, to claim that Lithuanian political scientists are said to receive salaries from J. Soros, let’s take a look at the official statistics of COVID-19.
As of April 7, around 900 people are diagnosed with COVID-19 in Belarus every day. Meanwhile, we have been seeing a unique number of new cases in Lithuania for some time.
As of May 27, 38,956 cases of COVID-19 had been identified in Belarus and 214 patients had died. A total of 485,000 COVID-19 tests have been performed since the start of the pandemic. Belarus has a population of 9.48 million, according to 2018 statistics. According to previous figures, only 5.1 percent. The Belarusian population was analyzed for COVID-19.
COVID-19 cases in Belarus (red) and Lithuania (blue)
© Our world in data statistics
Meanwhile, according to data from May 27 in Lithuania, COVID-19 was detected in 1,647 people, 66 people died. A total of 281,232 tests have been performed since the start of the pandemic. According to 2019 data from the Lithuanian Department of Statistics, 2.79 million permanent residents live in Lithuania. The number of COVID-19 tests carried out in Lithuania is 10%. country’s population (according to SAM, the total number of cases investigated includes new and repeated samples).
No country knows the actual number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, which would require a full population study. However, to state that people are not massively infected with COVID-19 in Belarus, when 5.1 percent was evaluated. population – it doesn’t make sense. However, looking at the official statistics of Lithuania, it can be said that the strict quarantine bore more fruit for Lithuania than the denial of the Lukashenko pandemic to Belarusians.
Statistics officially released by Belarus must also be viewed critically. As late as March, Pavel Severinec, a Christian Democrat member of the Belarusian opposition party, said the authorities’ response to the coronavirus pandemic was very strange.
According to the interlocutor, the health ministry states that they are monitoring the infected and those who have had contact with them.
COVID-19 deaths in Belarus (red) and Lithuania (blue)
© Our world
“76 people in the country are also reported to have contracted the coronavirus, but no one believes those numbers.” I think this is a typical Soviet reaction to the catastrophe and is reminiscent of the Chernobyl tragedy. In the evening, in order not to scare people, “contact patients” are taken to Minsk hospitals. According to witnesses, the ambulance has been queuing for six hours at the entrances to the reception departments, “explained Severinec in late March. According to the opposition, the general state of state medicine is difficult and the system could simply collapse due to the consequences of the pandemic.
Vytis Jurkonis Delfi, a professor at the Vilnius University Institute for International Relations and Political Science, said on this subject that Belarusian society was like a hostage to the government, because the virus was not taken seriously at first. “We know what is happening there, at least from official data, the numbers are impressive enough to show that the scale of the pandemic is considerable, and Belarusian society was somewhat hostile when the government initially denied and mocked the pandemic, and now he realizes that the situation is more serious than originally said. 36 thousand the number of patients is quite serious, “says V. Jurkonis.
Sources:
- https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data?country=BLR~
- https://sp.onliner.by/covid-19/?utm_source=mainnew&utm_medium=mainnew
- SAM
- https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/koronavirusas-baltarusijoje-rizikuoja-jau-ne-tik-lietuva-bet-ir-visa-es.d?id=84366459
- https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/world/lukasenka-ragina-baltarusija-ruostis-antrai-koronaviruso-bangai.d?id=84365313
- https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/baltarusija-kaip-tiksinti-bomba-skaiciais-patiketi-neimanoma.d?id=83828365
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