Lukashenko: we Have not died no one from the coronavirus. They died from chronic diseases

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the country from the coronavirus had not died any one person, they die from chronic diseases, which are exacerbated in light COVID-19. It is reported BelTA.

“People are afraid. So I want to say this: we in the country have not died no one from the coronavirus. None! They died from chronic diseases that they had,” – said Lukashenko.

According to Lukashenko, the experts of the world health organization (who) have seen this yourself.

“It is a cardiovascular failure, respiratory pulmonary failure. In the kit. And diabetes. And then there are the diagnoses that I can’t even read. And added the coronavirus,” said the President of Belarus.

As noted by Lukashenko, coronavirus infection “is the atmosphere in which they develop their chronic disease.”

“So I say that we are pure from the coronavirus no one died,” – he stressed.

In Belarus, on 13 April, according to data from the American Johns Hopkins University, was 2919 cases of coronavirus infection, 29 died.

On 11 April, the Ministry of health confirmed infection with coronavirus for more than three hundred medical workers.

2 APR son died from COVID-19 in Belarus, has written the application in militia on Lukashenko. According to a relative of the deceased, the President “did not take the necessary measures to protect population from the spread of dangerous virus”.

At the beginning of the epidemic Lukashenka expressed skepticism about the seriousness of the threat. In particular, he called the measures taken by foreign States to combat the coronavirus, “coronational”. Later he changed his opinion. When talking about the first registered in the country died from the coronavirus, said, “Tomorrow it will be 80 years old, why do you go down this street?”