Over 6.298 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them over 5.930 million have completed the vaccination regimen, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.  Over 121,500 teenagers aged 12-17 received one shot of the vaccine, of them more than 93,500 children were fully vaccinated.  Thus, 67.4% of the country's population received one dose of the vaccine, 63.4% were fully vaccinated.  Belarusians are also getting...

Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko bestowed state awards upon Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova and some other senators upon instructions of the head of state at a session of the seventh-convocation Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus on 4 May. The awards were presented in recognition of active and fruitful work in preparing the nationwide referendum on amending...

Belarus and Russia have agreed on stepping up cooperation in the production of medications, the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry told BelTA. As a result of a meeting at premises of the Healthcare Ministry the sides agreed that Belarusian specialists will share a list of all the medications made in Belarus with Russian colleagues for the sake of considering additional deliveries of medications to Russia. Belarusian Deputy Healthcare Minister Boris Androsyuk, Director...

A large-scale tourism forum "Heritage of Belarus" will give an impetus to mass and active tourism in Belarus, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions Mikhail Orda said during a ceremony to launch the forum at the Palace of Culture of Trade Unions, BelTA has learned.  "We expect that the Heritage of Belarus tourism forum will give an impetus to more mass and active tourism, travels, and excursions. This year we expect about 1 million people to travel around interesting historical...

Belarus and Russia have come to terms on starting the testing of a platform designed to search for technical information, BelTA learned from Head of Russia's Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) Yuri Zubov. Yuri Zubov said: “In the age of digitization and growing volumes of data we see huge prospects in enabling new information exchange. Rospatent has created 15 brand new information systems. We are convinced they will work for the benefit of our bilateral cooperation...

Members of the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament will pass 12 bills designed to support the economy in conditions of sanctions-fueled pressure, BelTA learned from Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko.  Vladimir Andreichenko said: “We have 12 bills, which need to be passed right away within the framework of realization of the comprehensive plan on developing the economy in conditions of sanctions-fueled pressure....