“The plants do not ship. Something like 150 was delivered, but people snapped up like hot cakes during the day, ”the pharmacist of one of the pharmacies said.
It is noted that the lack of protective masks is observed in other pharmacies of the city.
Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that panic should not be allowed among the country's population due to the spread of a new type of coronavirus COVID-19.
Lukashenko also said that he was not going to close the country's borders due to the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19.
Earlier in the republic, the first case of infection was recorded, it was detected by a student from Iran.
According to the Ministry of Health of Belarus, the Iranian revealed RNA fragments of the new coronavirus, but there are no clinical symptoms of the disease, it is under preventive observation, treatment is not required.