Patrick Devedjian, the President of the Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine, a department of France located in the region of Île-de-France, has died from COVID-19 at the age of 75, the administrative division’s government tweeted.
So far the responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic have been for the nation-states of the world to mobilize resources and close their borders with other countries, even long-time neighbours. The intended goal is to isolate from outsiders who are perceived to be more sickly and thus a threat. Even in large, affluent countries, such as Canada and the United States, we are struggling with the magnitude of the overlapping medical, financial and economic crises.
The specialists of Russia’s Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza have managed to decode the first full genome of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Russian Health Ministry said on March 19, reports TASS.
The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk issued a statement, noting that the OSCE Mission temporarily suspends monitoring exercises, including in the Nagorno Karabakh line of contact, given the current situation caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in isolation for two weeks after his wife, Sophie, tested positive for coronavirus on March 12, reports Reuters.
Number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in the United States has reached 1645, with the death toll reaching 41, CNN reported citing the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.
The Embassy of Armenia to the United States urges Armenian citizens to apply for consular registration given the situation and epidemic risks caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Academy Award winning US actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
