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.
Armenia Airline made a decision to suspend most of its flights until April 16 due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, the company’s deputy CEO Gevorg Khachatryan said on Facebook.
10 direct contacts of the latest coronavirus cases in Armenia have been quarantined, Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan said at the Cabinet meeting.
Armenia’s healthcare ministry said in a statement that a total of 4 cases of the novel coronavirus are registered in the country at this moment.
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.
Turkey announced its first novel coronavirus infection case early Wednesday in a male national who returned from Europe, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported citing Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
Georgia has reported the first case of a child infected with the novel coronavirus, Tengiz Tsertsvadze, director of Tbilisi Infectious Hospital said, reports Interfax.
Armenian nationals who are currently in Greece are advised to contact the Armenian Embassy amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in Europe.
A Ryanair flight from Milan will be the first flight to arrive from Italy to Armenia after the Italian authorities declared a nationwide lockdown in the COVID19 outbreak.
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.
