We will ensure the stability in the country and will hold the referendum in a calm atmosphere, in a routine mode, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko told the media following the Security Council session chaired by the head of state, BelTA has learned.  Igor Sergeyenko stressed that constructive measured work is underway ahead of the national referendum on constitutional amendments. There are some shortcomings which were addressed at the meeting of the Security...

Belarus is forced to adequately respond to unscrupulous actions of Western partners, who violate norms and principles of international law. State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich made the statement at a session of the board of the State Border Committee of Belarus, BelTA has learned.  According to the state secretary of the Security Council, all kinds of provocations are still registered at the border as part of the migration crisis staged by Belarus'...

Some 48.5% of Belarusians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Alla Dashkevich, head of the epidemiology department of the National Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, told reporters in Minsk on 3 February, BelTA has learned.  "The vaccination campaign against COVID-19 continues in Belarus. To date, more than 58% of the Belarusians have received the first dose, of which 48.5% have completed the full course of immunization. Four regions - Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel,...

Scientists and the State Control Committee of Belarus have established that the construction of fencing on Poland's border with Belarus will cause irreparable damage to Belovezhskaya Pushcha, BelTA has learned. Thanks to Belarus, vast swathes of Europe's last ​​primeval forest have been preserved in their natural state. Belovezhskaya Pushcha is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a transboundary property. Its division into parts and creation of artificial barriers threaten...

Work to set up polling stations for the national referendum on constitutional amendments is nearing completion, Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko told BelTA.  "We have set up 153 territorial commissions. Today is the last day for the setting up of polling stations. How many We will know the exact number tomorrow. During the presidential elections in 2020, there were 5,723 of them in the country," Igor Karpenko said.  “We must complete setting up...

No pediatric patients with COVID-19 were mechanically ventilated as of 31 January, First Deputy Healthcare Minister Yelena Krotkova told reporters, BelTA has learned.  Children have fairly mild symptoms, though some of them need inpatient treatment. The number of hospitalizations of children increased, Yelena Krotkova noted. As of 28 January, 696 underage children were in hospitals across the country, three were in intensive care. On 31 January, two children were to be transferred from...