30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster marked

Updated: 2016-04-26 09:39

(Agencies)

Over the past three decades, thousands more have succumbed to radiation-related illnesses such as cancer, although the total death toll and long-term health effects remain a subject of intense debate.

30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster marked

Children, who permanently live at the territory contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, take physiotherapy while they are in a children's rehabilitation and health centre on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, April 25, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

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