One Belarusian Premier League match and one second tier game were postponed due to suspected COVID-19 cases, the domestic football federation revealed on Monday.
Belarus has been the only country in Europe playing football amid the coronavirus pandemic, making it an unlikely draw for fans overseas where matches have been cancelled.
There are almost 24,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in Belarus, with more than 130 deaths.
The federation said that the top flight game between FC Minsk and Neman Grodno, scheduled to take place on May 15, has been called off due to suspected COVID-19 cases among the home team's players.
The first division's match between Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and leaders Lokomotiv Gomel, scheduled for May 16, was postponed because of suspected cases among Lokomotiv players.
New dates for the games were not announced.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has been publicly sceptical about the need for strong action to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
He has called fears over the virus a 'psychosis' and variously suggested drinking vodka, visiting saunas or playing ice hockey to beat the disease.
On Saturday, thousands of soldiers marched in Belarus to celebrate the Soviet victory in World War Two.
kuhaciopsu
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Tell that to museveni of uganda
Adetunjiogunjobi34
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That is a good example to follow just because of the fear of covid-19 people are getting scared ๐ฑ and some are having trauma you canโt just lock ๐ every where and tell them u should stay at home without providing anything even if they are not everyone will be entitled to it so we should just get use to it and once u reach use your drugs and their is another example people drink alcoholic drinks ๐น a lot so they should just turn it to there own tea ๐ต for d mean time and once everything is u can go back to normal
Buchi109
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it's obvious the world will have to learn to live with corona virus for now cos the vaccine isn't anywhere near and all countries have to ease lockdowns already.. there have been a rise in new cases for those that have eased but that also has to be done... every country has his way of going about it.. it's up to the government to decide what's good for the People..
exactly my point,we can't lockdown forever,we must have to live with it,for it to disappear...it can't just disappear without a fight....
Boivine
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Their president allowed them to continue playing whilst the rest of the world ๐ were busy fighting Covid 19. Dumb president
what have they done better than him while they were fighting
fizzbizzie
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it's obvious the world will have to learn to live with corona virus for now cos the vaccine isn't anywhere near and all countries have to ease lockdowns already.. there have been a rise in new cases for those that have eased but that also has to be done... every country has his way of going about it.. it's up to the government to decide what's good for the People..
Temple7
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Their president allowed them to continue playing whilst the rest of the world ๐ were busy fighting Covid 19. Dumb president
DanRash10
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God save the earth๐ช๐๐๐