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In Vitebsk Oblast, employees of the 5 largest boarding schools switched to rotational work in connection with the new wave of COVID-19, said Vera Astapenko, head of the Department of Social Support for the Population and Stationary Institutions of the Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection of Vitebsk Oblastl Executive Committee.

Working days in 2021 are postponed from Friday 8 January to Saturday 16 January and from Monday 10 May to Saturday 15 May, the press service of the Council of Ministers said.

For the fifth year, the staff of the Energosbyt branch has been massively replacing the electricity metering devices in Vitebsk Oblast.

Since the beginning of the year, 901 large families in Vitebsk Oblast have received apartments built with state support.

In Vitebsk Oblast, medical institutions used 15-20% of the total number of oxygen points and ventilators for the treatment of patients with pneumonia and COVID-19, said Mikhail Vishnevetsky, head of the main health department of the oblast executive committee.

Every fourth winner at the end of 2019 of the republican competition "Best Exporter" operates in Vitebsk Oblast.