Ukraine’s Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk on Feb. 21 blamed an “information war” being waged on the country for spreading panic and mistrust over the coronavirus, a day after the arrival of evacuees from China sparked clashes outside a sanatorium.
Reuters: After clashes, Ukraine blames disinformation campaign for spreading coronavirus panic
A man gestures to riot police officers as local residents protest the arrival of evacuees from coronavirus-hit China for quarantine at a medical facility in the settlement of Novi Sanzhary on February 20, 2020. Locals, who fear the evacuees will bring the virus to their town, threw stones, burned tires and blocked the road for their bus.
