Football in Belarus continues naturally, restaurants receive customers, and the country's president describes the emerging coronavirus as an "obsession". Belarus is an exception in Europe, where the authorities refuse to halt normal life in the country in order to avoid an outbreak of "Covid-19".
In Belarus, one of the former Soviet republics that are located at the gates of the European Union, only 88 infections were recorded, with no deaths. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the country's president, Alexander Lukashenko, has refused to impose any quarantine on his citizens, so he did not hesitate last week to describe the Corona virus as a "mania", indicating that "panic" is more dangerous than the virus itself.
The country's president, known for his tough stances, demanded his citizens, who number 9.5 million, to continue their work, to go to the fields and drive their tractors, which his country makes a lot, because "the tractor heals everyone," he said. He also advised to drink vodka and practice steam bath as the best medicine to fight the Corona virus. Belarus carried out procedures at the entrances to the stadiums by installing thermal cameras monitoring the spectators coming to the stands.
Suddenly, after the Belarusian league, which is called "Vishaya Liga" in the local language, is not in the spotlight, it is attracting attention at the moment, and the Russian "MTV" network did not hesitate to buy the rights to transfer matches, while the star suggested Barcelona, Arsenal, former Belarusian, Alexandre Hleb in German newspapers asked the two Argentine stars, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo to come to play in his country.
"We have taken all the necessary measures from the Ministry of Sports," Alexandre Alenik, spokesman for the Belarusian Football Association, told AFP. Gloves should be worn by all people who communicate with team supporters. ”However, the attendance rate has become clear, as it has shrunk by 50 percent compared to the previous season," allowing spectators to be distributed throughout the stadium, "according to Yenick.