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More than 5.490 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them over 4.724 million have been fully vaccinated, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

A number of bills have been drafted in Belarus to improve the quality and efficiency of the judicial system. One of the bills suggests granting people the right to appeal against all court decisions without exception, including decisions of the Supreme Court, Chairman of the Supreme Court Valentin Sukalo said at a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to discuss the bill on amending the Criminal Procedure Code, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian-Russian army exercise Allied Resolve 2022 will kick off on 10 February, BelTA has learned.

There are plans to build 4.2 million square meters of housing in Belarus in 2022. These plans were formalized by the Council of Ministers' Resolution No. 69 as of 4 February 2022. The document was officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal on 9 February, BelTA informs.

The CIS observers for the national referendum on amendments and additions to the Constitution of Belarus observed the process to set up precinct commissions, BelTA learned from the CIS observational mission.

Belarus is forced to adequately respond to unscrupulous actions of Western partners, who violate norms and principles of international law. State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich made the statement at a session of the board of the State Border Committee of Belarus, BelTA has learned.