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Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Belarus exceeds 143,000

Belarus did not impose any coronavirus lockdowns, with mass gathering not being banned

MINSK, December 4. /TASS/. As many as 1,774 more novel coronavirus cases were confirmed in Belarus in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 143,000, the health ministry reported on Friday.

"As many as 143,383 people, or 1.51% of the country’s population, have tested positive for COVID-19," it said, adding that the daily tally was 1,774.

"A total of 1,190 coronavirus patients with a number of chronic diseases have died since the epidemic outbreak," it said, adding that nine such deaths were reported during the past day. According to the latest update, as many as 120,571 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease. A total of 3,367,889 tests for the novel coronavirus have been conducted in the country since the epidemic outbreak, including 32,101 during the past day.

Belarus did not impose any coronavirus lockdowns, with mass gathering not being banned. The authorities pledge that the country’s public health system is prepared for the second wave of the epidemic. However people are requested to wear face masks in public places. A vaccination campaign as part of post-registration tests of the Russian Sputnik V anti-coronavirus vaccine kicked off in Belarus from October 1.