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Belarus is nearing a plateau on the novel coronavirus, Deputy Healthcare Minister Yelena Bogdan said in an interview to the STV channel, BelTA has learned.

Belarus has joined the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, BelTA learned from the National Legal Internet Portal.

As of 12 May, 6,974 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from hospitals in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

Rapid diagnostic tests based on antibody detection will be used first of all to diagnose coronavirus in patients showing disease symptoms. Such tests are expected to facilitate the choice of the most optimal treatment method, Head of Minsk City Hospital No. 1, Chairman of the Belarusian Association of Doctors Dmitry Shevtsov told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.

Berlin's Brandenburg Gate was illuminated on Friday evening, 8 May, with the words «Thank you» in several languages as a sign of gratitude for the liberation from Nazism, BelTA has learned.

A 330kV high-voltage power line between the Belarusian nuclear power plant and the town of Stolbtsy has been commissioned as well as new equipment of the power substation Stolbtsy, representatives of the Belarusian national electric and heating company Belenergo told BelTA.

Belarusian banks have earmarked more than Br2.2 million to help healthcare professionals fight against the pandemic, BelTA learned from the Association of Belarusian Banks.

The international children's festival Golden Bee in Klimovichi, Belarus will not take place in 2020, BelTA learned from the Klimovichi District Executive Committee.

U.S. President Donald Trump has submitted for the approval of the United States Congress the candidacy of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Europe and the European Union Julie Fisher to the post of the U.S. Ambassador to Belarus, TASS cites the press service of the White House.

Victory Day is the dearest day for my family, Belarus' Culture Minister Yuri Bondar told reporters after the flower ceremony at the Minsk Hero City stele as part of the campaign “Belarus Remembers. We Remember Everyone!”, BelTA has learned.