Volozhin Region
Executive Committee

MINSK, 5 June (BelTA) – As of 5 June, a total of 22,066 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from hospitals in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. 

As many as 46,868 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country, the Healthcare Ministry informed.

Belarus has performed a total of 597,013 tests.

“A total of 259 COVID-19 patients suffering from a number of chronic diseases have died in Belarus,” the Healthcare Ministry said.

MINSK, 4 June (BelTA) – Poland has sent the second batch of humanitarian aid to Belarus, BelTA learned from the Polish diplomatic mission in Minsk.

“A total of 47 trucks are carrying 300 tonnes of humanitarian aid to tackle COVID-19. On Friday, 5 June, the cargo will arrive in Grodno Oblast and Minsk,” the embassy said.

Trucks are carrying, in particular, face masks, medicines, coronavirus test kits, personal protective equipment, and also ventilators. “This is the second batch of humanitarian aid for Belarus. We share the border with Belarusians, and not only this. We also share the common history, a neighborhood that has been helping us to develop relations, implement projects and deepen cooperation for centuries,” Chief of the Prime Minister Chancellery Michal Dworczyk said at a ceremony in Warsaw. He stressed that this is the largest batch of humanitarian aid in the history of modern Poland.

The official handover ceremony in Warsaw was attended by Belarusian Ambassador to Poland Vladimir Chushev.

The humanitarian aid is transported by trucks of the State Fire Service, the State Police and the Border Service. It is planned that the trucks will cross the border at the Kuznica Bialostocka–Bruzgi checkpoint on 5 June at about 6.30 and arrive in Minsk on the same day. Representatives of the Healthcare Ministry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Polish Embassy in Belarus will welcome the cargo in the Belarusian capital city.

The first batch of humanitarian aid arrived in Belarus on 24 April. Then it included disinfectants (50,000 liters), antiseptics (30,000 liters) and surgical masks (100,000 necessary to fight the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic.

“By supporting the Republic of Belarus in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Poland shows good-neighborly solidarity and thus fulfills its obligations under the Treaty of Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation signed in 1992,” the embassy noted.

MINSK, 3 June (BelTA) – Minsk is in top three cycling cities in the CIS, BelTA learned from the portal TourStat.

The list has been compiled to mark World Bicycle Day declared by the UN General Assembly on 3 June. The top three pro-two-wheel destinations in the CIS are Moscow, St Petersburg and Minsk. The list also included Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Samara, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod and Sochi.

The rating is based on the results of a study of the length of city cycle paths and lanes, bike routes and the number of rental bicycles on offer.

MINSK, 1 June (BelTA) – A multidisciplinary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) research center will be established at premises of the Belarusian State University. The plans are stipulated by the project designed to modernize Belarus' higher education system. The World Bank will lend €100 million for the project, representatives of the World Bank office in Belarus told BelTA.

The project intends to create or modernize educational labs and scientific research infrastructure in universities, provide classrooms with modern equipment, create or modernize common use centers with unique education and research equipment. Investment steps will be accompanied by training on how to use the new equipment, the source said.

Providing the infrastructure to set up a STEM center in the Belarusian State University will be an important part of the work. The STEM center will allow organizing practice-oriented education in various innovative fields. It will definitely meet needs of branches of the economy. The center will have about 30 educational labs focusing on interdisciplinary research in biology, chemistry, physics, and informatics. The center is expected to host educational events and work out programs in the areas that are not represented in Belarusian universities yet, including bioengineering, nanochemistry, synthetic and systemic biology, biotechnologies, pharmaceutics, bioinformatics, and biomechanics.

A major overhaul of the buildings and educational facilities of Belarusian universities will be performed as part of the project. Barrier-free environment will be created and energy effectiveness will be improved.

Setting up an independent education quality assurance agency is part of the project. The fact that the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) 2015 will be used is of key importance. Countries participating in the Bologna process as well as Belarus follow the guidelines.

Since the Republic of Belarus joined the World Bank in 1992, the country has borrowed $2.1 billion. As much as $31 million has been granted to Belarus. The active investment portfolio of the World Bank in Belarus includes 11 projects totaling $1.15 billion. The World Bank is considering granting financial support to small and medium businesses in Belarus and the possibility of financing measures to expand social security programs.

MINSK, 1 June (BelTA) – As of 1 June, 18,776 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from hospitals in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

As many as 43,403 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country, the Healthcare Ministry informed. Belarus has performed 553,377 tests.

“A total of 240 COVID-19 patients suffering from a number of chronic diseases have died in Belarus,” the Healthcare Ministry said.

School students who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be exempted from final exams, according to Belarus' Education Ministry's Resolution No.101 of 26 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the ministry.

“In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection, the Education Ministry has supplemented the existing rules for the attestation of pupils in general secondary education institutions (Education Ministry's Resolution No.38 of 20 June 2011) with a norm providing for exemption from all final exams for pupils who are self-isolated during the final examination campaign. Corresponding Resolution No. 101 of 26 May was adopted and published on the National Legal Internet Portal,” the press service said.

During the final examination campaign, the urban, district and zonal centers of hygiene and epidemiology will submit to the education departments of the local executive committee lists of students who have an infection caused by COVID-19, as well as those in self-isolation. “The lists will contain information on students to be exempted from final exams. Students will get their annual marks in the certificate on education,” said the ministry.

The Education Ministry added that the school-leaving exams will take place under strict hygiene and distance regulations.

As of 27 May, 15,923 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from hospitals in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

As many as 38,956 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country. Belarus has performed 485,534 tests.

A total of 214 coronavirus patients suffering from a number of chronic diseases have died.

Belarus Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with Ukrainian Ambassador to Belarus Igor Kizim on 26 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the development of the Belarusian-Ukrainian cooperation, including the schedule of joint official events for 2020.

Igor Kizim gave Vladimir Makei a vyshyvanka (a traditional embroidered shirt) as a gift from Ukraine President Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko timed to Ukraine's Vyshyvanka Day.

The work to upgrade local area networks at the Bruzgi and Berestovitsa checkpoints at the Belarusian-Polish border is in the homestretch, BelTA learned from the Grodno Regional Customs Office.

The upgrade was financed by international technical aid, the main beneficiary of which was the Grodno Regional Customs Office.

“Construction and installation works have been finished. Setup operations are underway now,” the customs office informed. The upgrade project provides for installing cutting-edge server hardware and network attached storages, installation of fiber-optic cable, replacement of computers. This is designed to enhance information security and to better protect personal data of people crossing the border.

The project to improve border management operations at the Brugzi and Berestovitsa checkpoints is implemented as part of the Cross-Border Cooperation Program Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020. The European Union's contribution made up about €1 million.

As of 24 May, 14,155 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from hospitals in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

The nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases stands at 36,198 people. Belarus has performed 450,627 tests.

A total of 199 coronavirus patients suffering from a number of chronic diseases have died.