Some 2.8 million people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Belarus, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich said in an interview with Belarus 1 TV Channel, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Alina Harnasko on her triumphant performance at the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The bill provides for updating and supplementing the conceptual framework in the area of tourism, defining the basic principles, objectives and priorities of state regulation of tourism. It also envisages introduction of ways to ensure performance by the tour operator of the obligations under tourism services contracts in international outbound tourism.

Executive discipline is crucial in the current difficult situation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko as he hosted a meeting with senior officials of the Council of Ministers on 22 October, BelTA has learned.

We aim to inoculate at least 60% of the population against COVID-19, Belarusian First Deputy Healthcare Minister Yelena Bogdan said in an interview with the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.

I am cautiously optimistic about the current situation with coronavirus in Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he talked to employees of Minsk Oblast Clinical Hospital on 20 October, BelTA has learned.

On 28 October, Belarus' National Academy of Sciences will host an international conference "Fyodor Dostoevsky - an outstanding writer, philosopher and religious thinker” to mark the 200th anniversary of the Russian writer, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Academy of Sciences.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed an executive order to officially commend the personnel of the Minsk City Clinical Emergency Hospital on 19 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Moscow will host the permanent seminar on the development of the Union State of Belarus and Russia at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 27-28 October. It will look into the application of waste management laws in Belarus and Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly.

Belarus will roll out its own COVID-19 vaccine in 2023, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting to discuss the epidemiological situation and the COVID-19 response in Belarus on 19 October, BelTA has learned.

A delegation of Belarusian customs officers headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Eduard Danilovich took part in the meeting of the CIS Committee of Heads of Law Enforcement Units of the Heads of Customs Services Council in Tashkent, BelTA learnt from the State Customs Committee of Belarus.

Belarusian agricultural and processing industries are set to export foodstuffs worth more than $6 billion this year, Belarus' Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Aleksei Bogdanov told the STV TV channel, BelTA has learned.