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28 February 2020, 12:24

Lukashenko against border closure over Belarus' first coronavirus case

MINSK, 28 February (BelTA) – There is no need to shut down borders because of the first case of coronavirus reported in Belarus, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Congress of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus on 28 February, BelTA has learned.

“It does not make any sense,” the president underlined.

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