A demonstrator throws a stone in direction of a police van throughout a protest in opposition to the arrival of a aircraft carrying evacuees from c
A demonstrator throws a stone in direction of a police van throughout a protest in opposition to the arrival of a aircraft carrying evacuees from coronavirus-hit China’s Hubei province within the village of Novi Sanzhary in Poltava area, Ukraine February 20, 2020. Native residents blocked the highway resulting in a sanatorium the place the evacuees are as a result of be held in quarantine for a minimum of two weeks.
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
A mix of on-line misinformation and intensifying fears concerning the coronavirus has triggered violent demonstrations in Ukraine, the place protesters threw stones at buses carrying evacuees from China.
On Thursday, six buses carrying 45 Ukrainians and 27 international nationals have been dropped at a hospital in Novi Sanzhary, a city southeast of the capital metropolis of Kyiv.
Dozens of protesters sought to dam the route of the buses, hurling stones on the convoy whereas participating in violent clashes with the police.
The automobiles have been ultimately in a position to attain their vacation spot after a tense stand-off, albeit hours later than scheduled.
The entire evacuees will spend the following two weeks in quarantine.
The nation’s well being minister has mentioned that not one of the passengers on board the buses have been considered unwell.
Demonstrators line up in entrance of Ukrainian legislation enforcement officers within the village of Novi Sanzhary in Poltava area, Ukraine February 20,…