The new Belarus Constitution draft sees Belarus as a presidential republic, but it does not cater for the incumbent president, Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Olga Chupris told the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. “The constitutional amendments can be described the following way: they cater for the presidential republic, but it is quite obvious that they do not cater for the incumbent president. The incumbent president already has many powers and he is exercising...

The consignment of the Chinese coronavirus vaccine has already been delivered to the Belpharmatsiya and Beltamozhservice warehouses, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. Last night a military transport aircraft Il-76MD with the Chinese cargo on board landed on the Belarusian airfield in Machulishchi. The aircraft delivered the Chinese vaccine SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated by Sinopharm. The total route was 13,600km. “The Belarusian pilots were met by...

Another batch of the Chinese vaccine against COVID-19 is being loaded in Beijing, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. The cargo includes 1.5 million doses of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated by Sinopharm. The ministries of foreign affairs and the embassies of the two countries actively helped the Healthcare Ministry of Belarus in organizing the cargo. Written by belta.by

The number of new COVID-19 cases is growing at a slightly slower rate in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Healthcare Ministry. “In almost all regions, the epidemiological situation allows for the gradual return of some hospital departments to the regular mode of operation. All national research centers and some hospitals in regions and in Minsk continue providing the full range of routine medical care,” the ministry noted. Experts point out that coronavirus refers to acute...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko signed a certificate of acceptance of humanitarian aid from the Chinese government at the Beijing airport on 8 November, BelTA learned from the Embassy of Belarus in the People's Republic of China. The humanitarian cargo includes 500,000 doses of the COCID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm Corporation (Vero Cell) and 500,000 syringes. "The humanitarian cargo will be airlifted by the Ilyushin IL-76 military...

Plans are in place to attract the funds of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) to reconstruct a section of the M3 highway from Minsk to Pleshchenitsy, Belarus' Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko told the media on 5 November, BelTA has learned. “We are now actively working with Chinese partners and the Eurasian Development Bank on attracting resources. We are planning to work with Chinese partners to reconstruct the R46 highway in the direction of Polotsk. The project...