"All necessary steps are being taken to combat the pandemic. In a short time, our country began to produce medical masks, disinfectants, overalls for doctors. We did not have all the production, we did not need it. Of course, each country produces all the goods it consumes. "But we have seen that it is difficult to import some equipment. Sometimes the contracts were not fulfilled, the money was paid, and we still could not bring the necessary equipment. Especially in the first stage of the pandemic, there was a lot of agitation in the world."
The statement came from President Ilham Aliyev during a visit to a modular hospital in Sheki, Gadin.Net reports.
The head of state said: "As a result of all this work, we have been keeping the disease under control from the first days. From the first days, our work has been highly appreciated by both Azerbaijani citizens and the World Health Organization. I still receive letters of thanks." The position of international organizations is also positive. The World Health Organization has assessed our activities as exemplary. I think that our mitigation policy in early May was the right step, because at that time the dynamics of the disease was positive. There were more people who were cured than those who were infected. That's why we went to soften, because we know that it worries people, it's frustrating. People are deprived of their normal way of life. That's why we went to soften. But what did we see ?! the positive dynamics are broken and we enter the phase of negative dynamics we entered. Again, hardening was inevitable. Again, severe restrictive measures began to be taken. About a month after the start of these measures, we still see positive dynamics. For two weeks now, the number of people recovering in our country has exceeded the number of infected. This is a positive dynamic. We all want this quarantine regime to end soon and return to the way of life we have become accustomed to. However, we see that as soon as there is a slight softening, the disease spreads rapidly, spreads rapidly and people's lives are endangered. "