Omicron BA.2 (dubbed Stealth Omicron) spreads even faster, but it is less severe than its parent strain called BA.1, Yelena Gasich, head of the laboratory for diagnosing HIV and concomitant infections at the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs.
Yelena Gasich noted that the both Omicron subvariants appeared almost simultaneously. Initially, there was a surge in BA.1 but then it began to be gradually replaced by its...
The Culture Ministry chose Belarus' Capital of Culture 2023 at the meeting of its collegium on 23 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Culture Ministry.
The meeting was held at the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theater.
Six cities and town claimed the title of Belarus' next Capital of Culture: Baranovichi of Brest Oblast, Mozyr of Gomel Oblast, Svisloch and Shchuchin of Grodno Oblast, Slutsk of Minsk Oblast, Belynichi of Mogilev Oblast. The towns made presentations...
