Press releases

Over 49,000 COVID-19 tests performed in Belarus
A total of 1,331 people remain in hospital...

Belarusian companies win CIS 2019 quality excellence prizes
The Belarusian steel mill BMZ, the Baranovichi-based company OAO Torgmash, and OAO Agrokombinat Dzerzhinskiy have been awarded laureate titles...

Plans to use antibody-rich plasma to treat coronavirus patients in Belarus
To this end, healthcare specialists will use the results of rapid tests that determine coronavirus antibodies instead of the RNA of the virus...

Coronavirus testing carried out by 13 laboratories in Belarus
"We are testing and certifying rapid tests that determine antibodies to the virus instead of the virus RNA"...

About 25,000 healthcare workers on coronavirus frontline in Belarus
A total of 976 people remain in hospital...

WHO mission arrives in Belarus
The delegation includes three experts. The mission will work in Belarus from 8 April till 11 April...

No new coronavirus deaths in Belarus on 6 April
As of 7 April, 794 people remain in hospital...

Belarus’ Belovezhskaya Pushcha counts its wildlife
The survey showed that Belovezhskaya Pushcha has 604 bison, 260 elks, over 1,100 roe deer, and 2,600 red deer...

Kupala theater launches Non-Theater Mask social project
"The theater’s sewing workshop has already made 500 protective face masks. The theater plans to make more and donate them to Minsk Hospital No.10"...

Belarus has over 20,000 coronavirus testing kits
"The National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology performs some 700 tests a day. There are 13 laboratories working currently in the country"...

Paratrooper brigade in Vitebsk salutes healthcare workers fighting coronavirus
"We are monitoring the news about the situation in the country. We are happy that the Belarusian society has come together to tackle this problem. Everyone tries to help in a way they can, and we decided to demonstrate solidarity with medical staff and thank them for their hard work"...

Russia donates 10,000 coronavirus testing kits to Belarus
Testing kits were delivered by a refrigerator truck with a temperature control system of minus 20 degrees...

Over 40,000 coronavirus tests done in Belarus
By now 634 people remain in hospital. These are mostly contacts of the confirmed coronavirus cases...

Belarus coronavirus update: 502 patients remain in hospital
"The majority of patients have mild or moderate symptoms. Fifty-two patients have already recovered"...

Belarus to extend school holidays
The Education Ministry informs that the spring holidays will be extended for six days – from 6 April through 11 April...

Over 23m trees planted in Belarus during Forest Week 2020
"We have already planted 23 million trees, mostly coniferous, all over the country. Most of them were planted in place of dried-out areas of coniferous forest"...

Belarusian Healthcare Ministry revises procedure for observing contacts of COVID-19 patients
"A detailed analysis demonstrated that the infection is found in first-tier contacts on the second to fifth day. This is why such patients will have to take coronavirus infection tests on the sixth or seventh day. If the test results are negative, the patient gets discharged"...

Effectiveness of coronavirus prevention measures in Belarus praised
The measures are designed to detect patients with the coronavirus infection, track their contacts and hospitalize first-tier contacts in addition to implementing antiepidemic precautions all over the country...

351 coronavirus infection cases registered in Belarus
The coronavirus infection is primarily found in patients aged 25-64...

Belarus’ Healthcare Ministry issues self-isolation rules for arrivals
Belarus’ arrivals are not allowed to leave their homes (places of temporary residence) and visit workplaces, educational institutions, stores, shopping centers, public catering...