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When Chinese leader Xi Jinping was the first world leader to congratulate Alexander Lukashenko on his electoral victory on August 10, it was taken as serious support. However, since then the second world economy has provided little assistance to the Belarusian regime. In 2020, China quite quickly changed its ambassador to Belarus. But Minsk has been selecting a new head of the diplomatic mission i...

South Korea's chicken exports hit a new record high in 2020, with shipments of processed chicken up nearly 60% from 2019. The global demand for ready-to-eat foods continues to grow. Overseas shipments of processed chicken reached US$21 million in 2020, up 59.5% from the previous year, according to The Korea Herald . Korean cuisine is gaining momentum in the global gastronomic scene, including Kore...

According to Bloomberg sources, Toennies' German operations may be up for sale. The news agency said that Klemens Toennis was looking into the sale of Germany's largest meat processing plant and was looking for potential buyers such as Tyson Foods Inc., JBS SA and WH Group Ltd ( China ). If implemented, the decision could turn into a €4 billion ($4.8 billion) deal, the sources said. In 2......

The growth of domestic pork production is facilitated by a sharp reduction in its imports. According to the Pork Market Analysis in Russia, prepared by BusinesStat in 2021, in 2016-2020, pork production for slaughter in carcass weight in Russia increased by 28.2% and reached 4.3 million tons. Production increased annually. The highest growth rate occurred in 2......

Last year, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was canceled due to the epidemic. This year it was decided to hold it in person, but perhaps Participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021, which is scheduled for June 2-5, may be allowed if there is a negative PCR test for coronavirus. Valery Moskalenko, head of the committee on economic policy of St. Petersburg, t...

Banks are more likely to refuse mortgages, the EU will not use the AstraZeneca vaccine, Russia will change the gasoline price formula and introduce state support for online cinema, who accused the United States of creating an “economic Guantanamo” - in an RBC review Banks began to refuse more people who want to take a mortgage In February, more than a third of those wishing to buy a home on credit...

The Kasharsky Bakon company was unable to start construction of a pig-breeding complex in the Rostov region for 1.5 billion rubles. at the scheduled time. Previously, construction was expected to begin in 2021 and be completed in 2022. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it has been postponed indefinitely. This follows from the response of the regional Ministry of Agriculture and Food to a r...

With the coronavirus pandemic in China widely believed to be the consumption of illicit wild animal meat, the country has seen a booming market for plant-based alternatives, and analysts believe China could even become a global player in the industry . Over the past couple of years, unlike in the past, when eating pork daily was a luxury for the middle class, the green shoots of a vegan revolution...

Those wishing to get vaccinated against coronavirus during Lent can not postpone vaccination. But at the same time, it is necessary to follow the rules of nutrition, interviewed virologists told RBC. In the spring, many are faced with a lack of vitamins, but it is not worth postponing vaccination, Alexander Chepurnov, a researcher at the Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Me...

Photo of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food March 10, Minsk. More than 70% of Belarusian food exports in 2020 came from Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food following a joint meeting of the collegiums of the agricultural departments of the two countries via videoconference."Russia is not only an important geostrategic partner for Belarus, but also ...

The Yamal nomads greet March with confused feelings. This month, the municipalities celebrate Reindeer Herder Day. Last year, it didn’t happen for the first time - the coronavirus broke the tradition, but this March it is being resumed and should, in theory, become a kind of preamble to the World Congress of Reindeer Breeders, which will be hosted by neighboring Yugra. However, those wandering wit...

South Korea's pork imports, including offal, fell sharply last year due to market disruptions caused by the coronavirus crisis. Volumes decreased by 21% to 449,000 tons, which particularly affected imports from the EU (-28%) and the US (-14%). At the same time, South Korea's domestic pork production increased by 3% in 2......

According to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the third wave of the pandemic has begun in the country.“We cannot close our eyes to the fact that we are dealing with a third wave,” Merkel said.In addition, according to her, there is great concern that the so-called South African strain of coronavirus may begin to spread in Germany, against which existing vaccines may be ineffective.According to sta...

Scientists from different countries have conducted studies on the effects of certain micronutrients on the health of patients with coronavirus. And they came to almost identical conclusions. For example, a study conducted in Spain (at Hospital Del Mar in Barcelona) showed that zinc and selenium helped reduce the severity of coronavirus infections. In regions of China with selenium deficiency, the ...

A joint study by scientists from Israel and Iceland showed the effectiveness of spirulina algae extract in preventing severe complications in people infected with coronavirus. The results of laboratory experiments were published in the international scientific journal Marine Biotechnology. The experiments were conducted at the cellular level and have not yet been tested on humans. Scientists have ...

New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, with a population of more than 1.6 million people, is being quarantined after a 21-year-old man was confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus. Where and when the Auckland resident contracted the coronavirus is unknown, but he tested positive and health officials believe the man became ill several days ago and had time to visit public places. To prevent the ...

The White House is "in no hurry" to lift sanctionsagainst Venezuela, but is ready to consider a possible easing of restrictive measures if the authorities of this country take steps to establish contacts with the opposition Caracas, Venezuela The administration of US President Joe Biden is not going to lift sanctions on Venezuela, but is ready to consider the possibility of easing them, Reuters re...

Doctor and TV presenter Alexander Myasnikov warned Russians about the dangers of hormonal drugs and antibiotics in the treatment of coronavirus infection on an outpatient basis. He published the corresponding statement in his Telegram channel. The doctor recalled that coronavirus belongs to the category of acute respiratory infections and requires only auxiliary means for treatment, and not the us...

During the day, 1957 patients with COVID-19 were registered in Belarus , 2644 patients were discharged, the Ministry of Health reports in its telegram channel. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 192,361 people have been registered in Belarus with a positive test for COVID-19. 171,901 patients who had previously been diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered. There are 19,......

Some medical and IT specialists from Belarus want to be allowed to work in Poland without obtaining a work permit. We are talking about those specialists who entered the country on a visa with humanitarian purposes or visa marked Poland Business Harbour, intended for companies that want to move their business to Poland. The relevant bill was prepared by the Ministry of Development, Labor and Techn...

Mankind will only be able to return to the normal course of life if there is an affordable and super-effective vaccine against coronavirus. This was announced by billionaire and founder of Microsoft Bill Gates on the air of NBC TV. Gates was asked what humanity needs in order to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. "The only way to get people back to normal is to get a super-efficient and aff...

As of October 2, 79 852 people were registered in Belarus with positive test for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, as the Ministry of Health reports in the telegram-channel. The daily increase is 431 new infected people. 75,148 patients were recovered and discharged (plus 166 in the last 24 hours), in whom the diagnosis of COVID-19 was previously confirmed. During the whole period of i...

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melanie Trump were infected with coronavirus. The U.S. president said this on Twitter. Trump said that in the evening of October 1, he and his wife had tests for coronavirus with positive results. They are sent to quarantine. "We will overcome it together", - he wrote. A few hours earlier Trump stated that he and his wife were going to quarantine themselv...

As of September 25, 76 957 people with positive COVID-19 test were registered in Belarus, the Ministry of Health reports. The increase per day is 306 new cases. 73 thousand 925 patients were recovered and discharged, in whom the diagnosis of COVID-19 was previously confirmed (192 per day). 1 million 792 thousand 426 tests (16155 per day) were conducted in total. During the whole period of infectio...

Recently, data on mortality in Belarus appeared in the UN system. It turned out that in June 2020, the number of deaths by 3753 cases exceeded last year's figures for the same month. Mortality in the first half of this year broke a five-year record. Neither the Ministry of Health nor Belstat has yet clarified what these mortality data are connected with, moreover, Belstat promised to publish data ...

Biologists have discovered a point mutation in the coronavirus genome of a new type, which is found in all its human strains and is absent in its closest relatives, which affect bats and pangolins. Thanks to this mutation, the virus's ancestor could "learn" to infect humans, scientists write in an article published by the BioRxiv electronic scientific library. TASS also writes about it. "We do not...

In Belarus, 69,203 people with positive COVID-19 test are registered, reports the press service of the Ministry of Health. The growth rate per day is 101 cases. As of August 13, 66,178 patients were recovered and discharged (plus 283 patients per day), whose diagnosis of COVID-19 was previously confirmed. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 599 patients have died (plus 4 patients per day) with a ...

The world may face a global crisis in the future with worse consequences than the coronavirus pandemic. It was written on his blog by Microsoft founder Bill Gates. He noted that the world has been shaken by a global crisis that has led to a tragic number of deaths, made people afraid to leave home and caused economic hardship that past generations have not had to face. "It continues to have an imp...

The global coronavirus pandemic has not yet reached its peak. This was announced on Tuesday at a briefing by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. According to him, “[at the beginning of the outbreak] 400,000 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in 12 weeks.” “And over the past weekend, 4......

At the beginning of the pandemic, when so little was known about the coronavirus, people wanted more information. Unfortunately, the desire for an answer immediately led to the spread of myths. Added to the confusion was the fact that health experts changed their advice more than once as the virus was updated. Huffpost recalled outdated advice and myths popular at the beginning of the pandemic - a...