Belarus will roll out its own COVID-19 vaccine in 2023, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting to discuss the epidemiological situation and the COVID-19 response in Belarus on 19 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarus confirmed 1,981 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours on 17 October; another 2,173 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Ksenia Galetskaya on her victory at the Sanremo Junior international song contest in Italy, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

The whole world has come to realize that Belarus' COVID-19 response strategy was right, Lyudmila Makarina-Kibak, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health, Physical Education, Family and Youth Policy of the House of Representatives of Belarus, told reporters, BelTA has learned.

The Eurasian Economic Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States can draw on the best practices of Union State of Belarus and Russia, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting of the CUS Council of Heads of State on 15 October, BelTA has learned.

The Russian Ministry of Health supports the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Belarus, Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko told reporters on the sidelines of the 34th session of the CIS Healthcare Cooperation Council that is underway in Minsk on 13-14 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has wished Happy Mother's Day to Belarusian women, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The Belarusian developers have won three awards at the finals of the international youth project “100 Ideas for the CIS” in Armenia, BelTA learned from Natalya Stolpinskaya, the official representative of the Central Committee of the BRSM Youth Union.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the participants of the 34th meeting of the CIS Healthcare Cooperation Council, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.