President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko addressing workers of the Minsk plant “Horizon” , named the true cause of the coronavirus pandemic, reports Telegram -channel ” Sputnik Belarus”.
“Society received a coronavirus from nature in response to the boorish attitude towards it. The Lord punished,” he said.
Lukashenka believes that “if we do not have harmony with nature, we will be unhealthy, and children will be poor.”
On December 29, the Ministry of Health of Belarus announced the start of vaccination of the population with a Russian drug against Sputnik V coronavirus. The first to be vaccinated will be medical workers, teachers and other specialists who have to deal with a lot of people. Vaccination will be voluntary.
According to the latest data, 201,831 people have been infected with coronavirus in Belarus, 1,461 patients have died.
The country’s authorities against the backdrop of a pandemic closed the land borders . At the same time, no strict quarantine restrictions were introduced in Belarus. Lukashenko attributed this decision to economic reasons. He called the situation around the pandemic psychosis and suggested treating coronavirus with sports activities on the ice arena, work on tractor , fire smoke, goat, sauna, vodka and butter .