Over 3.6 million people in Belarus have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. “More than 4.728 million have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them over 3.608 million have been fully vaccinated. Belarus has started vaccinating children aged 12-17 against COVID-19. Over 130 teenagers have received the first shot of the vaccine,” the press service said. Written by  belta.by

A welfare state is about taking care of all Belarusians, Aleksei Avdonin, an analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR), said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. The day before, the new Belarus' Constitution draft was put out for national debate. Every Belarusian has an opportunity to contribute their views on it. One of the most important points of the bill is that Belarus remains a welfare state. “A welfare economy, a welfare state...

Belarus has started vaccinating children against COVID-19, BelTA informs citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.  Belarus has expanded its COVID-19 vaccination program to include children aged 12-17. Parents or legal representatives of children should sign an informed consent for the children to get a jab.  Healthy children need to wait six months after a coronavirus infection before having a COVID-19 shot.  Belarus offers China's Sinopharm [Vero Cell] Inactivated for...

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko has presented state awards to more than 50 Belarusians representing various fields of expertise. The ceremony took place at the Palace of the Republic on 24 December, BelTA has learned.  “Today, in the run-up to the New Year, I am happy to fulfill the president's instruction to celebrate the country's best workers. You are a living example of the role each person can play in strengthening the country, building up its manufacturing, cultural...

The Belarusian military aircraft with a batch of 1.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm Corporation (Vero Cell) on board has arrived at Machulishchi airfield from the People's Republic of China, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Defense Ministry. The crew of the military transport aircraft flew the Machulishchi-Beijing-Machulishchi route, covering a total of about 13,500km. The flight took 19.5 hours with stops for refueling in Russia. The military pilots crossed five...