The Armenian Central Bank issued a statement on March 9 regarding the ongoing global economic developments related to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The first and by far only coronavirus patient’s wife who is quarantined for already 4 days continues testing negative for the virus, Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan said at the Cabinet meeting.
”Congratulations to Henrikh Mkhitaryan and his wife Betty on the birth of their son, Hamlet!”, reads the post.
The movement of Armenian and Georgian citizens to both directions is being simplified as they can make visits with their identification cards, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said during a Q&A session in the Parliament, introducing details from his recent visit to Georgia.
Posh suites and a luxury hotel – these are the conditions that the Armenian authorities have provided for the 32 quarantined direct contacts of the first novel coronavirus patient. The direct contacts are quarantined at the Tsakhkadzor resort town’s previously defunct Golden Palace five-star hotel.
Armenian deputy minister of healthcare Lena Nanushyan talked about the novel coronavirus and the favorable conditions for the spread of the disease.
Armenia airline cancelled Yerevan-Tel Aviv-Yerevan flights until March 22 as the citizens of Israel are returning back their tickets due to the novel coronavirus, Marketing Manager at the Armenia airline Nelli Kostandyan told Armenpress.
The monitoring conducted in 90 pharmacies and pharmacy networks across Armenia revealed that the large networks didn’t increase the prices of face masks due to the novel coronavirus, but there is a deficit of these items, Chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition Gegham Gevorgyan told reporters today.
9 suspected cases of the novel coronavirus are currently being tested, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the governmental task force meeting on prevention of the disease.
According to unconfirmed media reports India has secured a 40 million dollar deal in Armenia on supplying four units of its SWATHI weapon locating radars.
