Sanitary and quarantine checkpoints have appeared on the Belarusian-Russian border
Employees of the sanitary-epidemiological service, traffic police, and transport inspectorate are controlling all vehicles entering the country. All this is being done to prevent the import and reduce the spread of coronavirus infection.
Aleksey Dyagel, Chief Physician of the Liozno District Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology, noted that transit cargo transport is registered. Truck drivers are required to travel through Belarus within 24 hours and stop for rest and meals only in designated areas. Violation will result in administrative liability.
"If the driver decides to stay at home in Belarus after the trip, they fill out a questionnaire. It includes full name, residential address, and other details. Upon arrival, the person must self-isolate for 14 days. The questionnaire is sent to the territorial centers for hygiene and epidemiology where the person resides, for monitoring. The same requirements apply to drivers and passengers of passenger transport," noted Alexey Dyagel. If drivers or passengers are found to have a fever, this information is also transferred to their healthcare institutions.
In recent days, from 120 to 420 vehicles have been entering Belarus through the border near the village of Zaolshye, Liozno district. Mostly these are trucks. One of the drivers, Igor, is from Vitebsk and currently works for a Russian company. "I'm delivering goods to my hometown and I don't know yet if I'll be loaded for another route. If not, I'll stay home," says the man. The information about the need to self-isolate for two weeks in such a case came as a surprise to him.
Today, in just over two hours of work, sanitary service specialists have inspected over 50 vehicles. All drivers are understanding of the new border crossing conditions.