{"id":109240,"date":"2024-10-14T12:03:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109240\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"new-covid-19-strain-arrives-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109240\/","title":{"rendered":"New COVID-19 strain detected in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid_19_geralt_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid_19_geralt_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid_19_geralt_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid_19_geralt_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid_19_geralt_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid_19_geralt_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Geralt \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 14, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>XEC, the latest COVID-19 strain, has been detected in Belarus, Deputy Health Minister \u015aviat\u0142ana Nia\u010daj said, citing recent lab findings by the national epidemiology center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health has not published data on COVID-19 incidence and mortality since July 2022, keeping birth and death figures secret after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/naselenie_aif_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/naselenie_aif_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/naselenie_aif_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/naselenie_aif_by.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus&#039; population down 250,000 in four years \u2013 official data<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 28, Pozirk. A total of 9,155,978 people lived in Belarus on January 1, according to the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat). The population includes people who live in the country one year or longer. The population shrank by 44,639 people &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/76119\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, Pozirk. XEC, the latest COVID-19 strain, has been detected in Belarus, Deputy Health Minister \u015aviat\u0142ana Nia\u010daj said, citing recent lab findings by the national epidemiology center. The Ministry of Health has not published data on COVID-19 incidence and mortality since July 2022, keeping birth and death figures secret after the COVID-19 pandemic hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":109073,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-109240","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New COVID-19 strain detected in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 14, Pozirk. 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