More than Br4 billion was invested in the development of Gomel Oblast’s economy in 2019, 16% up from 2018, BelTA learned from Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovei at a session of the Gomel Oblast Council of Deputies. The session was held to review the performance of the oblast administration in 2019.

There are no grounds for COVID-19 panic in Belarus, Deputy Health Minister Yelena Bogdan told reporters, BelTA has learned.

“The situation is completely under control. There are no reasons for panic. Twenty-two people have tested negative and have completed or are completing treatment,” said Yelena Bogdan. The patient with moderate symptoms is showing positive dynamics.

The Belarusian manufacturer of agricultural machines Gomselmash starts shipping 20 grain harvesters KZS-812 to Zimbabwe, BelTA has learned from the press service of Gomselmash.

According to the deputy director of the sales and maintenance center Evgeny Mezhenny, the machines will be sent in several shipments within two weeks. Five harvesters will be shipped on 17 March. Another five will be dispatched at the end of the week and the remaining ten - next week.

The international digital competence center Skolkovo-Korall will be opened in the new technology park Korall which will start operating in Gomel in May, director of the Investment Promotion Agency Andrei Bobovich told reporters, BelTA has learned.

Aurochs have been returned to Belarus as part of the initiative to restore biodiversity of floodplain meadows in Zhitkovichi District, BelTA learned during a press conference in the district.

The initiative has been implemented since 2017 in line with the UNDP project. Fifteen bulls of the Heck cattle breed were brought to the floodplain meadows of the Pogost natural area (the Srednyaya Pripyat nature reserve) from the Latvian national park Kemeri.