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Lukashenko: The entire world has seen Belarus chose the right way to fight COVID-19
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MINSK, 27 November (BelTA) – The entire world has seen that back during the first wave of the pandemic Belarus chose the right way of fighting the coronavirus infection. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he visited Minsk City Clinical Hospital No.6 on 27 November, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that the high coronavirus infection rate is a very serious problem for the country and for him as the head of state although Belarus already encountered the problem during the first wave and acquired certain experience.
Aleksandr Lukashenko reminded that when the new coronavirus emerged, he warned it was very important to prevent panic as part of the efforts to counter the infection. “Psychology is the most important thing for treating these patients. It is something I told you thanks to my intuition back when this disease started taking hold here. Panic, psychology, and as I said, corona psychosis – everyone knows the term by now,” he noted. “You know my point of view, it has not changed since then. It has grown stronger, my convictions have grown stronger. Some of you, let's be frank here, held little faith in what I said back then but have at last understood that I was right about some things.”
The head of state once again underlined that the coronavirus had stopped being a purely medical problem a long time before. “It is not only your problem [a problem for medics], it is a political, economic disease. If some country wants to separate itself from someone, it closes the border under the pretense of COVID-19. If some country wants to put political pressure on someone, it resorts to COVID-19,” Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out.
“It is important that the entire world has seen that back then we followed the right road,” he stated. “We travelled this road decently – the world's only nation that did it.”
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