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Some 92,000 Belarusians get first dose of COVID-19 vaccine Archive photo MINSK, 9 April (BelTA) – As many as 92,000 Belarusians have already got the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19, Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. As of 26 March, around 40,000 Belarusians had received the first dose of the vaccine and 26,000 had already got both shots. By now, the first dose of the vaccine has already been administered to 92,000 Belarusians...

Minister unveils measures to retain healthcare workers in Belarus Archive photo MINSK, 9 April (BelTA) – Over 2,500 students annually graduate from medical universities and only around 200-250 doctors leave Belarus every year, Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. “Unfortunately, there is a certain brain drain. Around 200-250 people a year leave Belarus to pursue a career abroad,” Dmitry Pinevich said. However, 2,600-2,800 healthcare wo...

Belarus health minister: Coronavirus will be kept in check in 2022 An archive photo MINSK, 9 April (BelTA) – In 2022, the threat of the coronavirus infection will be minimized, Belarus Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told the ONT TV channel on 8 April, BelTA informs. Dmitry Pinevich recalled that Belarus is developing its own vaccine. As this ambitious project started from scratch, the progress cannot be quick. However, researchers will try hard to roll out the vaccine in 2022. By this ti...

Vaccination in focus of Lukashenkos meeting with healthcare minister MINSK, 26 March (BelTA) – Another coronavirus wave in Belarus will not be more intense than the previous one in the autumn of 2020, Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told journalists on 26 March, BelTA has learned. According to the Healthcare Ministry, COVID-19 cases exceeded 314,000 in Belarus on 25 March. The largest number of cases was reported in Minsk, Minsk Oblast and Vitebsk Oblast, the smallest - in Gome...

Earlier, Lukashenko ordered to develop the best coronavirus vaccine in the shortest time span MINSK, April 1. /TASS/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed the order on development of domestic coronavirus vaccine, the presidential press service told BelTA Thursday. The document stipulates that the Belarusian Health Ministry and the National Academy of Sciences must hold events on development of this medicine between 2021 and 2023. In particular, the presidential order defines the con...

Minister unveils Belarus health sector development strategies Dmitry Pinevich. An archive photo GOMEL, 1 April (BelTA) – The establishment of simulation centers and clinical residency, as well as higher salaries for healthcare workers will be among the health sector priorities in Belarus, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters prior to announcing postgraduate work assignment decisions at Gomel State Medical University, BelTA has learned. According to the minister, medical simulati...

Belarus begins COVID-19 vaccinations with Chinese shots MINSK, 15 March (BelTA) – Belarus has started vaccinations against COVID-19 using the Chinese vaccine, BelTA has learned. On 19 February, 100,000 shots of the Chinese SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated, made by Sinopharm were delivered to Belarus from Beijing. According to Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich, the vaccination campaign kicked off in Polyclinic No.39, one of the best polyclinics in Minsk. Healthcare work...

The minister noted that the situation with the coronavirus infection is evolving as predicted. “The arrival of the UK variant, like other variants, was inevitable. I see no reason for panic,” the minister said.

The caseload is expected to somewhat increase. The pandemic is characterized by waves of activity spread. And the influenza virus is joining,” Dmitry Pinevich said. However, the situation remains under control due to the fact that 40% of the population was vaccinated against influenza.

Mass vaccination against coronavirus to kick off in Belarus in April An archive photo GRODNO, 2 March (BelTA) – Belarusians who want to get a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to do it starting from April, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich said at a collegium of the Main Healthcare Department of the Grodno Oblast Executive Committee, BelTA has learned. The first to get a vaccine were frontline healthcare workers. Vaccination is voluntary. “A batch of 40,000 doses of the second component of ...