COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Belarus, when the first case of COVID-19 in the country was registered in Minsk on 28 February 2020. As of 29 January 2023, a total of 19,047,714 vaccine doses have been administered.
COVID-19 information and action protocols in the elevator of the National Library of Belarus (7 April 2020).
Plastic medical isolation box for transportation of infectious patients near the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Infection Hospital.
The same equipment near the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Diagnostic Center.
Candlelight ceremony during Easter service in the Orthodox Holy Assumption Cathedral in Vitebsk.
The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests were a series of mass political demonstrations and protests against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko. The largest anti-government protests in the history of Belarus, the demonstrations began in the lead-up to and during the 2020 presidential election, in which Lukashenko sought his sixth term in office. In response to the demonstrations, a number of relatively small pro-government rallies were held.
Protests on 16 August 2020 in Minsk
Opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (left) alongside a crowd of supporters in Minsk on 30 July
First press conference of the Coordination Council on 18 August 2020
Rally in memory of Alexander Taraikovsky on 15 August