32 direct contacts of the first coronavirus patient in Armenia have been quarantined, Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan told a news conference.
An Armenian citizen who arrived to Armenia on February 28 on the special flight from Iran has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-2019).
There were shootings lasting nearly one hour after 12 o’clock. The village has not suffered losses, a wall of a building has been slightly damaged in a separate part of the village, but there are no significant damages”, Melikyan said, adding that shootings occurred also yesterday, on February 27.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared on social media a Ministry of Healthcare poster on how to prevent the novel coronavirus (COVID-2019).
Armenia has issued a travel warning against all but highly essential travel to Iran, China, Japan, South Korea and Italy amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak.
Over 81, 000 people around the world have been infected with the novel coronavirus, 78, 497 of which are in China. A total of 2, 744 death cases were registered so far.
Armenian nationals who are currently in Japan and South Korea are advised to contact the Armenian Embassy and register their contact information as the two countries are hit by the novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak.
Armenian minister of healthcare Arsen Torosyan discussed the situation caused by the novel coronavirus in Georgia with Georgian healthcare minister Ekaterine Tikaradze during a telephone conversation.
Armenian Ambassador to Iran Artashes Tumanyan urged not to spread panic over the novel coronavirus outbreak in the Islamic Republic.
The first group of Armenian nationals have been airlifted out of Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak in the Islamic Republic.
