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| Protesters in Novi Sanzhary hurled stones at the buses carrying evacuees |
Dozens of protesters in a Ukrainian town have
attacked buses carrying evacuees from coronavirus-hit China.
The evacuees were brought to the hospital in Novi Sanzhary, in the central
Poltava region, where they will be held in quarantine for 14 days.
attacked buses carrying evacuees from coronavirus-hit China.
The evacuees were brought to the hospital in Novi Sanzhary, in the central
Poltava region, where they will be held in quarantine for 14 days.
President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the protesters to show empathy.
Ukraine’s security service (SBU) said a fake email claiming to be from the
health ministry falsely said some evacuees had contracted the virus.
health ministry falsely said some evacuees had contracted the virus.
SBU officials are now investigating the apparent hoax, a statement said.
Ukraine has no confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, which originated
last year in China’s Hubei province.
last year in China’s Hubei province.
To show solidarity with the evacuees, Ukraine’s Health Minister Zoryana
Skaletska said she would be joining them in quarantine and would run her
ministry by Skype.
Skaletska said she would be joining them in quarantine and would run her
ministry by Skype.
Skaletska wrote in her Facebook post”I hope that my presence there will calm those in Novi Sanzhary, as
well as the rest of the country”
well as the rest of the country”
