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The detection of the Delta (Indian) variant of coronavirus in Belarus has heightened the urgency of vaccinations in the country, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters at a meeting hosted by the Brest Oblast Executive Committee on 24 June, BelTA has learned.

Today the idea of an international isolation and the use of sanctions against a country in the center of Europe looks absurd, BelTA learned from Oleg Zhingel, member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, head of the Vitebsk Oblast regional directorate of OAO Belagroprombank.

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

Belarus will observe a nationwide minute of silence on 22 June, Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made new appointments on 18 June, BelTA informs.

The Healthcare Ministry has posted preliminary results of a sero-epidemiological study to assess COVID-19 herd immunity on its website.