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Chairman of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Nikolai Sherstnev was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Council of Ministers of Belarus for many years of fruitful activity, high professionalism, significant personal contribution to the development and implementation of the social and economic policy of Vitebsk Oblast.

10 people signed up for the next personal reception with the Assistant to the President - inspector for Vitebsk Oblast Anatoly Linevich, which took place in Vitebsk on November 30, more than half of them from the regions. As a result, the communication lasted for 3 hours, and all the questions received require additional study in order to make a balanced decision - according to the law, but taking into account the citizens' request for justice.

The head of state is visiting Vitebsk Oblast Maternity Hospital today, where mothers and patients with coronavirus from all over the region become mothers. A separate block is allocated for them. The chief physician of the maternity hospital, Elena Leonovich, reported to the President that the hospital has more than 150 beds.

Currently, PCR tests for coronavirus infection are being carried out in the region by 6 laboratories, 4 of them are in Vitebsk, 1 in Polotsk and 1 in Novopolotsk. Additionally, two more are being created - on the basis of Orsha Zonal Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Vitebsk Central City Polyclinic. This was announced by the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the oblast Vladimir Sinkevich.

Over 60 representatives of various fields of activity were awarded state awards. The corresponding Decree was signed by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on December 1. More than 60 representatives of various fields of activity were awarded state awards. Among them there are representatives of Vitebsk Oblast.

In Vitebsk, since April of this year, more than 80 donors have donated blood plasma with antibodies to coronavirus infection, and almost everyone does it twice, said Daria Kurganova, head of the department for recruiting blood donors and its components with the Unified Donor Center of the Regional Blood Transfusion Station.