What happened in Novy Sanzhary?
On Thursday, 45 Ukrainians and 27 foreign nationals were flown from Wuhan in China, the epicentre of the deadly outbreak, to Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. Six buses then drove them to the hospital in Novi Sanzhary, where they were met by demonstrators lighting bonfires and hurling stones. Armoured personnel carriers were seen deployed in the small town. After a tense stand-off, police and the national guard manage to unblock the road to the building where the evacuees would be spending 14 days. Police officers cleared the road for the buses to take the evacuees to the hospital to be quarantined Dozens of local residents protested against the arrival of the evacuees on Thursday The country's health ministry said none of the passengers were sick. Ukraine's diplomatic mission added that three Ukrainians and a resident of Kazakhstan had been left behind in China, because they had reported having a fever. Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Health Minister Zoryana Skaletska travelled to the town to try and calm tensions Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, Health Minister Zoryana Skaletska and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov all travelled to the city to try and calm tensions. In footage published by local media, Mr Avakov was seen telling the protesters: "We are not talking about infected people, we are talking about healthy people." One person then replied: "So far."What did President Zelensky say?
In a statement, President Zelensky urged Ukrainians to show compassion and refrain from protesting. "Most of the passengers are people under 30. They are almost like children to many of us," he said. "But there is another danger that I would like to mention. The danger of forgetting that we are all human and we are all Ukrainians. Each of us - including those who ended up in Wuhan during the epidemic." More than 76,000 cases of the disease named Covid-19 have been reported, and 2,247 related deaths. The vast majority of the cases and deaths have been in China.DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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