Belarus has produced a pilot series of Sputnik V and Sputnik Light full-cycle vaccines, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. “Belmedpreparaty company has completed an important stage of a joint Belarusian-Russian project - full-cycle production of Sputnik V vaccine. On 22 December the Belarusian enterprise produced the first validation series of Sputnik V and Sputnik Light,” said the press service. This batch is scheduled to be sent to the Gamaleya National Center...

A session of the coordinating council of Belarusian associations of Moldova took place in Chisinau, representatives of the Belarusian embassy in Moldova told BelTA. Representatives of the embassy of the Republic of Belarus, leaders of the Belarusian associations in Moldova, active representatives of the Belarusian diaspora took part in the event. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Moldova Anatoly Kalinin talked about Belarus' social and economic development in...

Belarus confirmed 834 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 657 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 685,462. A total of 677,045 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus. As many as 5,399 COVID-19 patients have died since the infection outbreak in Belarus. All in all, Belarus performed 10,836,163 tests,...

The president's merch is selling like hot cakes, therefore more products will be ordered, Chairwoman of the Belarusian state light industry concern Bellegprom Tatiana Lugina told reporters an hour after the opening of the first store selling clothes featuring Aleksandr Lukashenko's quotes, BelTA has learned. “An hour flew by like one minute. The store is overcrowded. People take not just 3-5 items, but 40 boxes. At the end of the day we will analyze our sales. We are already planning to...

Belarusian Culture Minister Anatoly Markevich met with Ambassador of Israel to Belarus Alex Goldman Shayman in Minsk on 16 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the Culture Ministry. "The parties agreed to draw up a joint plan of events to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states, and expressed interest in holding high-level events to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day," the ministry said. The parties...

More than 4.225 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them 3.266 million have been fully vaccinated, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. The Healthcare Ministry explained why the number of people who completed the vaccination course has increased significantly. "This is due to the fact that some citizens (more than 108,100) got vaccinated with a one-dose vaccine," the press service said. At the same time, this number...