“If parents are afraid, do not send children to school, we do not prohibit,” BelTA quotes Lukashenko.

At the same time, he noted that if quarantine is announced in schools, children who can carry the coronavirus will go to grandparents and put older people at risk.

“We will kill the old! Therefore, there is nothing to do. It should be a vacation from March 30 - it will be from the 30th. Do we have problems in schools? No problems. And if we still teach children, parents, teachers, and technicians to wash their hands and disinfect themselves in time, putting on a mask will be good, ”Lukashenka said.

Lukashenko also criticized the decision of many countries, including Russia, to close the borders due to the spread of the new coronavirus.

In addition, he said that he perceives the situation around the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 as "another psychosis."