“It is important to prevent panic among the population,” BelTA quotes Lukashenko.

According to him, “I have to say thank you” to Belarusian doctors.

“They don’t close the borders, they don’t shout with a whisper, or noise or dust. Although we are doing everything that they do even in China, ”he said.

He noted that the wrong behavior of doctors can provoke a panic.

“You will start screaming, making noise - at least the masks in pharmacies will run out or go up 100 times,” the Belarusian leader said.

At the same time, he added that doctors should behave in such a way as to minimize the risk of illness.

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.