Kopyl regional executive committee

Cardiovascular disease accounted for 60% of deaths in Belarus in January-March 2020, BelTA learned from head of the main department for public health,medical evaluation and appeals at the Healthcare Ministry Aleksandr Patseyev.

The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) is ready to start nuclear operations licensing for the second power generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) after it receives the corresponding application from the plant, Gosatomnadzor head Olga Lugovskaya told BelTA.

Some 25,000 healthcare workers are involved in the fight against COVID-19 in Belarus.

The Yanka Kupala National Academic Theater has started making protective face masks as part of its Non-Theater Mask social project, BelTA learned from the theater.

There are plans to introduce additional incentives for healthcare personnel in Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.

With the current favorable weather conditions we need to accelerate the spring sowing campaign, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during his working visit to Smolevichi District, Minsk Oblast on 3 April, BelTA has learned.

The head of state was briefed on the progress in spring fieldwork and weather conditions. “The recent dry weather let us kick off spring fieldwork virtually everywhere in the country. We need to be more active, get down to work. No need to wait,” he said.

The implementation of the readmission agreement with the European Union does not pose any risks associated with migration for Belarus, Belarus Deputy Internal Affairs Minister Aleksandr Barsukov said on 2 April, BelTA has learned.

The parade timed to Victory Day will take place in the evening. Over 3,000 people will take part in the parade, BelTA learned from Belarusian Deputy Defense Minister Sergei Potapenko on 31 March.

The military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 will take place in Minsk on 9 May. The parade will take place in the evening and will follow the traditional format – aerial units followed by a mechanized column and a column on foot. It will last for up to 60 minutes, Sergei Potapenko said. The parade will be finished with an exhibition drill of the guard of honor company and a performance of the combined army orchestra.

Over 3,000 military personnel and 185 units of equipment are supposed to take place in this year's parade. As many as 42 aerial units will have to fly over the capital city. Military personnel from Russia and China are expected to take part in the parade.

This year's parade will feature only new and modernized units of military hardware. Virtually all the vehicles will be wheeled to minimize the disadvantages the population may experience. Only one parade unit of the mechanized column will be on tracks. Sergei Potapenko did not disclose what new military products will parade in Minsk. Yet he confirmed that the multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) Fleita will be one of them.

Parade participants train three times per week: the foot column does that on the parade ground of the Minsk military commandant's office while the mechanized column trains in the Lipki airfield. General rehearsals in the city proper are scheduled for 5 May and 7 May.

The foot column will include 22 parade units: 20 Belarusian ones, one from Russia, and another one from China. The mechanized column will include 16 units from Belarus, two from Russia. The column will be led by a T-34 tank. It will be followed by 13 parade units representing the Armed Forces of Belarus, lightly-armored vehicles Lis of the Internal Troops of the Internal Affairs Ministry, a parade unit of the State Military Industrial Committee featuring 27 cutting-edge samples of weaponry and military hardware. The Russian army is expected to be represented by armored personnel carriers BTR-82A and a parade unit of tactical missile systems Iskander.

The Belarusian embassy in Russia is looking into the ways to send home 16 Belarusian nationals stranded in Moscow airports, BelTA learned from the press service of the embassy.

“16 Belarusian nationals, who have come from France, Mexico and Qatar, are currently in the Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports. Due to the cancellation of the Belavia flights, the Belarusian embassy in Russia is mulling over alternative routes to bring the Belarusians home,” the embassy said.

Today, Belavia said that due to the suspension of international aviation operations in a number of countries amid the coronavirus outbreak, the national air company will temporarily stop to perform flights, including to the airports of Moscow (Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo) through 30 April.

From March 16 to April 5, the State traffic inspectorate carries out a set of preventive measures “Safe Vacations-VESNA-2020” in the territory of the Minsk Region, Department of the Interior of Minsk Oblast Executive Committee reported.

The purpose of this event is a timely response to the current situation in the field of road safety, prevention and mitigation of the consequences of accidents involving minors, on the eve of and during the spring school holidays.

Dear adults! You need to take all measures to prevent accidents with children. Control the child’s leisure, be an example of safe behavior on the road for him.