Yerevan’s Nork Infectious Diseases hospital has been re-organized and designated as a hospital for receiving only novel coronavirus cases – both suspected and confirmed, the healthcare ministry announced in a statement.
Two quarantined people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in Armenia to 8, Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan said on social media.
We respect all of our international partners, including European institutions, the organizations of the European Union, Council of Europe, the CIS countries, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, but none of these organizations is or can be higher than our people. This is what Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated in the speech that he gave during the campaign in Vayk today.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says they will cancel the ongoing campaigning for the constitutional referendum in the event of coronavirus-related necessity.
Three new novel coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Armenia on March 11, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 4, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced Wednesday evening.
Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus around the world, the Armenian Embassy in Kazakhstyan urges Armenian nationals to be in constant contact with the Embassy.
Armenian nationals who are currently in Greece are advised to contact the Armenian Embassy amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in Europe.
Minister of Healthcare of Armenia Arsen Torosyan has announced that citizens arriving from Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, China, Iran and South Korea – the hotspots of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak – must self-quarantine themselves for 14 days and avoid contacts.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has updated its travel advisory against Italy to the highest Do Not Travel warning as the country is battling the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The Armenian foreign ministry called on all nationals currently in Italy to immediately return to Armenia.
“Given the Italian authorities’ announced measures for the prevention of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, we call on Armenian nationals to strictly refrain from traveling to Italy, and those who are currently in Italy to immediately cut short their trip and return to Armenia”, the foreign ministry said.
Armenian citizens are urged to contact the embassy.
Earlier the MFA had advised against all but non-essential travel.
Italy has extended its emergency coronavirus measures, which include travel restrictions and a ban on public gatherings, to the entire country.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that he is extending restrictions already in place in the north.
“All the measure of the red zones are now extended to all of the national territory,” Conte said at a press conference on Monday evening as he also announced a ban on all public events, CNN reported.
The Prime Minister said the move was taken in order to protect the population. His announcement came at the end of a chaotic day that saw prison riots across the country. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ordered people to stay home and seek permission for essential travel.
Ninety-seven people have died of the novel coronavirus since Sunday in Italy, bringing its total number of deaths to 463. The country has 9,172 cases so far.
Azerbaijani troops attempted at 05:30, March 6 a subversive incursion in the direction of an Armenian military base located in Armenia’s north-east.
