The authorities of the Gomel region of Belarus reported a colossal decrease in the incidence of COVID-19, transfers BelTA.
“We today have 23 percent to the level of this wave,” said Vladimir Privalov’s deputy chairman at the meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko.
According to him, more than half of the inhabitants of the region are grafted by the first component of the vaccine.
Lukashenko in turn stated that Belarus was able to cope with heavy pandemic periods, as no other country. In the West there is a high mortality from coronavirus, since the health system does not cope with the influx of patients, it claims.
“Private property in health care for this led: there is money – we treat, there is no money – goodbye. Didn’t we have this in the most difficult times?” – said Lukashenko.
According to the latest data, in Belarus from the beginning of the pandemic, more than 686 thousand people were infected with coronavirus, 5415 died. In the country did not introduce severe quarantine restrictions, Lukashenko explained it with economic reasons.
At the same time in October in the republic suspended the provision of planned medical care due to the deterioration of the epidemiological situation.