COVID-19

This is a new record

Last week it became known that 53-year-old Alena Amelina from Minsk had died as a result of the covid complications after serving an administrative arrest in the remand prison in Akrestsin Street. The woman became infected there. But how numerous such cases are in reality, is actually unknown.

The face mask requirement lasted only 13 days in Belarus: it has been lifted on the back of Lukashenka’s recently blasting new anti-covid restrictions.

The man had returned with an infection from Russia as part of a group of four people.

A trial batch is already undergoing expert review in Russia

“This is a good start of our scientific and medical cooperation,” said Health Minister Dzmitry Pinevich.

First batch of Russian vaccine against coronavirus arrives in Belarus

Vaccination with the Russian ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine will start in Belarus in January.

Syarhei Shchatsinka, a 57-year-old resident of the town of Asipovichy (mahiliou region), has died after two-week battling the disease. The man must have contracted the novel coronavirus in the remand prison, TUT.BY reports with reference to the family.

On December 15, Alyaksandr Lukashenka made a working trip to Mahiliou, where he visited the regional clinical hospital and looked at how patients with coronavirus are being treated.

Minsk imposes a temporary ban on exiting the country through land berder checkpoints for citizens and permanent residence card holders, the Council of Ministers’ resolution of December, 7 states.