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...

Belarus' Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told the STV TV channel why it was necessary to change approaches to coronavirus treatment and testing, BelTA informs.  The Healthcare Ministry has published new approaches to the treatment and testing of coronavirus patients. According to the minister, it was prompted by a number of reasons.  “Pay attention that the Wuhan variant differs from the delta variant, while the delta variant differs from the omicron variant. For example, the...