Recent actions and statements of the Ukrainian authorities to combat the coronavirus should be named panic, says an independent expert on post-Soviet space Andrew Suzdaltsev.
Ukraine hit the social Darwinism
Minister of Health of Ukraine Illia Yemets said, that in a pandemic government and business coronavirus have to spend money to support people under 65 years, and not "dead".
In this way, Ukrainian Minister called on to assist only the working-age population, and about pensioners forget because of their economic hopelessness.
Need to mark, that a similar approach is used today in Italy, where coronavirus led to the collapse of the health system and the extremely high mortality. there is, true, question of counting the dead on the Italian system - it carries out the analysis not only of registered patients, but for all the dead around the country, but it is obvious, that in such a crisis the country was not ready. This has led to high mortality in the elderly, and it is critical for Italy, which is famous for its longevity.
So in Italy, the doctors had to make a choice, given the shortage of ventilators (IVL). And there in the first place to help young people, and not to pensioners.
properly, All quarantine measures implemented in order, to ease the burden on hospital infections. It is for this reason that the Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin urged people over 65 years to stay at home and do not take unnecessary risks.
Confirmed on Ukraine 47 cases of coronavirus disease - perhaps, them several times more, but still it is not even talk of such a situation, which today has developed in EU countries. Despite this, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has taken out of the line of pensioners living people.
Ukraine had nothing to meet coronavirus
"We have before us an example of panic, and, most unpleasant, authorities panic. The authorities should treat this issue from the standpoint of common sense and coolly ", – It concludes Suzdaltsev.
Andrey believes, that the Ukrainian minister can be understood in the sense, in case of worsening of the situation with the coronavirus he will be chosen scapegoat, But everything was falling apart before him.
"Yemets got a terrible legacy of the previous Ukrainian Health Minister Ulyana Suprun. In fact, the health care system in Ukraine is ruined. What is it good, It is expensive, and public health virtually no, so there is nothing to Ukraine to meet pandemic coronavirus ", – summarizes Suzdaltsev.
According to the expert, Ukraine has no money, to pursue an active policy to counter the spread of coronavirus.
"Ukrainians are actively trying to evacuate their citizens from the states, where they were, and even engaged to the plane of the President, but that their success ends. Sometimes they bring infected people. Besides, the country attracts hundreds of thousands of guest workers from Europe, which do not undergo any quarantine and are leaving for Ukraine. This is a huge source of risk ", – states Suzdaltsev.
Suzdaltsev considers, that because of this source of infection has to wait for the outbreak of disease in Ukraine, in Europe.
"Ukrainian authorities are aware of these risks, but they can not do anything against these threats. Because of this, they close civilian vehicles, It is causing huge problems in the economy. Ukrainian authorities are trying to confront the pandemic, but they have no real tools. No sanitary infrastructure, no IVL, not to mention the severe problem with the masks and with all the other ", – summarizes Suzdaltsev.
That's what caused this terrible statement of the Minister of Health of Ukraine, which demonstrates the dramatic situation.
Ukrainian authorities act haphazardly
Even with its limitations, Ukrainian authorities are acting strange. for example, in Kiev subway was closed last week, because of what the people of Kiev mass filled to limit buses and taxis of the Ukrainian capital. This has led to traffic jams, because the Dnipro river is broad, which is not easy to overcome.
From today suspended public transport in Kiev, leaving tens of thousands of people out of work and livelihood. These actions are mercilessly criticized in Ukraine, but their use is shown, coronavirus that risks are extremely high.
"The Ukrainian authorities cling to everything and are looking for any ways out of the situation, but do it haphazardly. Bankova fear, it will cause protests, Zelensky and the administration because of it loses its power ", – It concludes Suzdaltsev.
Suzdaltsev notes, that Kiev does not think about the consequences - what can cause such measures, because they threaten even greater impoverishment of the Ukrainians and a heavy blow to the national economy.
"No health, no economy, or the financial system of Ukraine to the pandemic coronavirus not ready. Ukrainian statehood is moist and unstable and reacts to all late or does not react, so the problem here is really huge. Ukrainians are definitely not ready for disaster, which carries with it a pandemic coronavirus ", – summarizes Suzdaltsev.
Dmitry Sikorski
