(ANSA-AFP) - MINSK, 29 JUL - Belarusian President
Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday said he had contracted
coronavirus but suffered no symptoms and recovered while
continuing to work. Lukashenko, one of few national leaders who
did not order mandatory containment measures, previously
disputed the seriousness of the infection and said fear of the
disease was "psychosis". Speaking to interior ministry troops on
a visit to their base before the presidential election on August
9, the strongman leader said he recovered from the virus without
taking sick leave. "It is most amazing, today you are meeting a
person who managed to recover from the coronavirus while
working," he said in footage shown on Belarusian television.
"Doctors made this conclusion yesterday. (I had) no symptoms,"
he added. "Thank God I was in this asymptomatic category."
Running for a sixth term, Lukashenko has come under severe
criticism for mishandling the epidemic in Belarus, a country
lodged between Russia and the European Union. Never appearing
with a mask on, the president has been actively campaigning and
went to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin twice in late
June. (ANSA-AFP). (ANSA).
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