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...

Passing the bill on the genocide of the Belarusian people is a step of great political importance, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said, BelTA has learned. The bill “On the genocide of the Belarusian people” passed its first and second reading at the sixth session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. The bill was submitted to the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament, by MP Lilia Ananich....

Members of the House of Representatives took part in the high-level Regional Consultation "Parliamentarians for Children” organized by the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia via video conferencing, BelTA has learned. “Belarus has been cooperating with UNICEF for a long time. Our main focus is to protect the rights of children at the legislative level,” said Igor Tavtyn, a member of the Standing Commission on Health, Physical Education, Family and Youth Policy of the...

Belarus confirmed 1,011 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 817 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 675,734. A total of 666,249 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus. As many as 5,289 COVID-19 patients have died since the infection outbreak in Belarus. All in all, Belarus performed 10,685,725 tests,...

The World Health Assembly (WHA) has embarked on the work on a new international document on pandemics. This decision was announced at the WHA special session that took place in a mixed format from 29 November to 1 December. Belarus' delegation at the conference was led by Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich (via video link), BelTA informs citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. “In a consensus decision aimed at protecting the world from future infectious diseases crises, the...

Consul General of Belarus in Shanghai Andrei Andreyev took part in the 10th Wuxi International Sister Cities Forum and 2021 Wuxi International Industrial Cooperation Conference, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission. Andrei Andreyev noted that the leadership of Belarus and China attach special attention to the development of interregional cooperation within the framework of the joint Year of Regions. He highlighted the growing ties between Bobruisk and the city of Wuxi, and...