Kopyl regional executive committee

The vaccination of Belarusian healthcare workers with Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is nearing completion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

The Russian airline Azimut announced the launch of flight from Rostov-on-Don to Minsk, BelTA learned from the air carrier's website.

Belarus' Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko told the media about the main goals for the ministry in 2021 ahead of the ministry's meeting on 5 February, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian national air carrier Belavia will resume air service to Russia's Saint Petersburg as of 12 February and to Russia's Rostov-on-Don as from 13 February, BelTA learned from Belavia's Facebook account.

The Russian government is resuming railway service and increasing flight frequency with Belarus.

Protected areas occupy more than 20% of the territory of Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry.

High-speed 4G Internet is available to 89.4% of Belarus' population, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Communications and Informatization Ministry.

The state has always tried its best to fulfill the country's five-year plans as complete as possible. These programs have been implemented especially fruitfully and successfully in the last ten years, MP of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Svetlana Bartosh, who has been nominated as a delegate to the 6th Belarusian People's Congress, told BelTA.

Belarus confirmed 1,718 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 2,131 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.