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Most of the sewing enterprises of Vitebsk Oblast switched to the production of personal protective equipment, the chairman of the economy committee of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Angelika Nikitina said at a meeting of the oblast headquarters to combat the spread of coronavirus and protect the population from infection.

New head of the healthcare office of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee was appointed.

KKUP "Vitebsk Oblast Marketing Center" in connection with the difficult epidemiological situation, taking additional measures to prevent and reduce the spread of SARS, including those caused by COVID-19, opened a charity account.

In Belarus, the acceptance of applications for participation in the national contest "Entrepreneur of the Year" has begun, the press service of the Ministry of Economy said.

Vitebsk Oblast enterprises exported almost $ 978 million worth of products to Russian regions in 2019, which is 4.2% more than in 2018, the foreign economic department of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee said.

Selective sowing of early grain and leguminous crops began in almost all regions of Vitebsk Oblast, the agriculture and food office of the oblast executive committee said.