Without crown gate in Belarus – VG

So far, more than 119,000 people have died from the corona virus worldwide, as the VG overview shows. While the infectious virus is spreading in most countries, the message from the President of Belarus is clear:

Here, none of the coronaviruses die.

Lukoshchenko claims that they have found the life-saving cure during the pandemic:

– No one will die from our corona virus. I announce it publicly. We have already found combinations of drugs to save people, says Lukashenko.

Fear of financial motivation

However, the Ministry of Health contradicts Lukashenko’s statements and reports of 2919 cases of infection and 29 died from the virus.

Reject the president. He says the dead had other problems, such as heart problems or diabetes, of which they died. The Belarusian president has a relaxed attitude towards the virus and the WHO has urged the country to introduce stricter measures to combat the pandemic.

Many now fear that Lukashenko’s reluctance to impose the strict infection control restrictions that most other countries have is because he does not want the economy to collapse before the August presidential election, writes the Financial Times.

“It is a great financial motivation to minimize the consequences of the virus,” activist Olga Karatch told the newspaper.

– This is the moment of truth for Lukashenko.

Only country with soccer games.

In Belarus, daily life continues as normal. Workplaces and restaurants are open. But according to the Financial Times, volunteers have helped provide hospitals with pollution equipment, and several companies are allowing their employees to work from home.

As the only country in Europe, soccer matches continue to crowd, but local supporters have begun to fail to attend matches, Reuters writes.

– Let’s stay home to reduce the risk of infection and protect ourselves and our loved ones, supporters of Neman Grodno’s team urged before a game on April 10. The game had more than 250 spectators, against a cut of spectators of the last season of 1500 people.

The players supported the boycott of the crowd and began the game by applauding the empty stands.

The Belarusian league has become increasingly popular with football hungry foreigners. Dinamo Brest’s team has given fans the opportunity to pay money to have a cardboard figure of their own placed in the stands.

Belarusian footballer Nikolay Zolokov, who plays for the Russian team Ural Yekaterinburg, has compared the situation to the Chernobyl accident in 1986, when authorities long held how serious this was for the public.

– No one knows how many are really sick, where they are sick and how they are treated. Has nothing really happened in 34 years? He said in an interview with tribuna.com, replayed by Reuters.