18 years ago, on January 19, the Ministry of Emergency Situations was established in Belarus. Today, about three thousand people are engaged in this dangerous work in the Vitebsk region. Last year alone, they extinguished over 700 fires and saved more than a hundred human lives.

Children became a long-awaited gift on the first day of the new year for 22 women in the Vitebsk region. The leader in the number of births is the second maternity hospital of the regional center. Seven newborns were born there. Four were born in the regional maternity hospital.