The Belarusian press and population have criticized the decrease in transparency of the official reports on the pandemic .
That , as well as the gradual decrease in transparency of the official reports on the pandemic , led to criticism from the press and population , emphasizing absence of the up-to-date information about the territories affected by the virus , decreased update frequency and increased ambiguity of the official reports , as well as restraint of the non-governmental media from the government sessions on the epidemiological situation in the country. On 30 March 2020 , Belarus and IMF started negotiations on the $ 900 million loan intended to compensate the economic losses from the coronavirus pandemic .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Belarus