Persons surrounded by President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, had to ask him to wear personal protective equipment. This was stated by the spokesman for the head of the Republic of Natalia Eismont, reports the Telegram channel “Pool of the First”.
She said that the Minister of Health of Belarus, herself and the Chief Doctor of the Hospital, in which the President of the country came to visit, had to convince Lukashenko to wear gloves and a respirator while visiting the department where patients with COVID-19 are visited.
Periodic refusal of the Belarusian leader from wearing Aisemont mask explained him with a special approach to protection against the virus. “The head of state in this regard is valid, according to the principle that he identified for the whole country yesterday: everything should be voluntarily,” the press secretary explained.
In 2020, Lukashenko called the situation in the world around the pandemic coronavirus psychosis and argued that Belarus was properly discussed, refusing tough restrictions. The politician himself was overdone the COVID-19 in July last year. According to him, he suffered an infection asymptomatic, as and 97 percent of the population of the republic.