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Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich has met with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Belarus Tanja Radocaj to discuss cooperation between Belarus and UNICEF, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova inspected the Belarus department store to check prices for staple foods and non-food products and medicines, BelTA has learned.

Minister of Housing and Utilities Andrei Khmel delivered a report on the state of things in Belarus' housing and utilities sector at a meeting hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned.

An exhibition timed to the Day of Unity of Peoples of Belarus and Russia has been opened at premises of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BelTA has learned.

There are plans to adopt a set of tax exemptions in order to develop the tourism industry, BelTA learned from Belarusian Sports and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk as the international tourism services expo Leisure 2022 opened in Minsk on 31 March.

World famous sculptor, Director of the National Art Museum of China Wu Weishan has been awarded the Medal of Francysk Skaryna, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in China.

The Healthcare Ministry of Belarus and an international biotechnology company based in Russia BIOCAD plan to sign an agreement, BelTA informs citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

Omicron BA.2 (dubbed Stealth Omicron) spreads even faster, but it is less severe than its parent strain called BA.1, Yelena Gasich, head of the laboratory for diagnosing HIV and concomitant infections at the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs.

The Culture Ministry chose Belarus' Capital of Culture 2023 at the meeting of its collegium on 23 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Culture Ministry.