Recently, through several portals in Northern Macedonia, a wave of news could be noticed that tends to promote the leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, as a “strong leader who fights dhe pandemics.” At the top of the news are texts on how this state is dealing with the Corona virus and minimizing the consequences that this virus causes.
One of the latest news is the news about Lukashenko’s statement, given on 12.04.2020 in which he declares that in Belarus that no one will die from the Corona virus and that a combination of drugs that cures the virus has been discovered. The same news was broadcast by many portals in Northern Macedonia. One of the sources of maceodninan portals for news on Lukashenko is the Serbian portal Sputnik.
But what is the real picture of the Corona virus in Belarus?
It is a fact that until the end of this text (April 18, 2020), there are 4779 people in Belarus who are infected with the Corona virus, while 42 people have died as a result of the virus. The first case in this country was registered on February 28 and in recent days there has been a trend of increase in the number of infected people.
World Health Organization spokesman Patrick O’Connor, in a press conference on April 11, called on Belarusian authorities to tighten up measures to prevent further spread of the virus. According to him, Belarus is entering a worrying phase.
“Belarus is entering a new phase of the epidemic. We see that the virus is spreading through communities. This situation is worrying and requires new measures “, he stated during the press conference.
In favor of this statement goes the fact that on the day when it was given on (11.04.2020), the total official number of infected people in Belarus was 2226, while on 17.04.2020 this number went to 4779 and is a double increase in just six days.
Regarding the combination of drugs for dealing with the Corona virus, it is a fact that at the moment the community of experts and health systems are using combinations of drugs to treat the disease developed by the Corona virus. But these attempts are still in the research phase and one cannot talk about their effectiveness, much less about the consequences of using them. For this reason, the recommendation of the World Health Organization and health institutions is that the best current medicine is isolation, social distancing and personal hygiene.
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