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30.03.2020

Government approved measures to prevent the spread of infection caused by the coronavirus COVID-19

The Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 25 March 2020 No 171 approved a number of measures aimed at lowering the risk of the spread in the Republic of Belarus of the infection caused by the coronavirus COVID-19, and at streamlining the transit road transport of goods through the territory of the Republic of Belarus, the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus informs.

The Resolution provides that persons who arrived in the Republic of Belarus from countries in which cases of COVID-19 infection are registered:
must remain in self-isolation at home within 14 calendar days from the date of arrival in the Republic of Belarus;
are not allowed to exit through the State border of the Republic of Belarus (until the expiration of the period of self-isolation).

An exception from the rule is granted to:
employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices of foreign states in the Republic of Belarus, international organizations and their representative offices located in the Republic of Belarus, as well as members of their families;
heads and members of official delegations;
drivers of vehicles when performing international road transport of goods;
crew members of aircraft, inland water transport vessels, train crews, locomotive crews of international railway traffic;
foreigners travelling in transit through the territory of the Republic of Belarus to return to their place of residence.

The Resolution was officially published in Russian on the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus on 27 March 2020 and entered into force after its official publication.